Posted on 04/09/2015 4:19:03 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
General Motors will stop making the Chevrolet Volt for four weeks in June and July due to slow sales and to deal with the change to an all-new version of the gas-electric hybrid car.
The company says the Detroit-Hamtramck plant that makes the Volt and four other cars will probably stay open through the summer despite plans for the Volt. The factory also is undergoing construction so it can build a new full-size Cadillac CT6 and the 2016 Volt starting late in the summer.
Sales of electric and hybrid cars have slowed this year, largely due to low gasoline prices. The national average for a gallon of regular gas was about $2.40 US on Thursday, 35 per cent lower than last year's peak of $3.70.
The cheap gas has really hurt Volt sales and caused inventory to build on dealer lots. Through March, GM sold only 1,874 Volts, down 48 per cent from a year ago. The company now has enough Volts to supply dealers for 210 days, according to Ward's Automotive. A 60-day supply is optimal.
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Really? Finally?
Who didn’t see this coming?
It doesn’t matter who promotes bad policy.
Bad policy is bad policy.
I still wonder how he expected EV use here to stop the Iranian nuclear program.
Yes, it’s a head scratcher. There doesn’t seem to be any logical connection.
The Iranians are all going to get jobs making and repairing windmills to power them, and lose their interest in building nuclear weapons.
Me. I didn’t. I got a ping, did the ZOT announcement, and hope
that I got my information correct while excoriating the zottee.
I was actually spending the evening with Hubby watching Netflix
movies, one of which was a bit disappointing, but the other was
quite good.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3276114/posts?page=109#109
That was the closest he came to trying to explain.
Yet import export data shows that our use of EV’s would have no impact on a nation that we get no oil from.
He also insisted that electricity costs half of the cost of oil, ignoring the fact that the supply of electricity is shrinking, and he is touting increasing the demand.
When supply is less, prices go up, when demand is higher, prices go up.
He could not understand that simple fact.
*Snort* [giggles]
Impeccable logic, I’m sure. ;-)
Thanks and have a great night!
It’s all about O’bambi’s war on coal and energy prices “necessarily skyrocketing.”
Yes, which he ignored every time it was mentioned.
Ahhh...just when the kittehs were getting hungry for fresh meat! :)
That’s a beautiful Viking Kitty, TOL, befitting of this lib troll and retread but he’ll probably be back for another round. ;-)
Armageddon. Yawn...
Armageddon tired. See you tomorrow, God willing and the creek don’t rise.
Thanks again for the ping, Jaz.
See you tomorrow.
Keep eyes peeled for a brand new sign up pushing Ev’s as some magical panacea.
I believe he knows it, just won't admit it as most libs ignore the facts to promote their agenda.
Thanks, Darksheare.
Most welcome, my FRiend!
Take care!
Rebel should keep going just for the halibut.
Welcome.
He had post after post stating “electricity costs half that of oil”, all ignoring the shrinking supply of electricity and the fact that higher demand and shrinking supply equals higher prices.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3276412/posts
Like that thread, he ignored it totally.
Welcome.
Wow, what a cardboard cutout troll we’re losing, and we hardly knew him. ;’)
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