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Originally Posted by buzzy56
First off GM has projected 2013 sales to be around 60,000 units. So far avg.monthly sales are 1,023.Subtracting fleet sales to the US government and utility companies and other fleet purchasers, their tends to be very few retail buyers of this vehicle.So this leaves at best avg. yearly sales of approx. 12,000 units minus subsidized fleet sales.So yes I would say that more than 90% of the customer base is not interested in the Chevy Volt.Oh and earlier this week GM announced that they were shutting down Volt production indefinitely.How can a company make a profit on this vehicle at this volume?They cannot! FAILED SO FAR !
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Now we are in agreement. So far it is not at the volume GM had wanted to see. But true failure would really only be indicated by killing the program all together.
Per you clarification on Interest, it's more like 99.99% not interested. But my point was its a fine car and has EV rang e to suit most drivers. So the issue seems to be cost and also apprehension of the technology.
When I drove one I did have access to a charger at work and it really was no less convenient than driving any other car except for the extra minute to actually plug it in to charge.
For my current drive I could easily use a Volt. But like most people in not hung up on not using gas and it's not worth the premium to me for that choice.
So to be clear on my opinion the Volt has so far failed to meet expectations but it is way to early to call the car a failure. Heck it's already a success for the technology it has developed.