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They are selling at GM anticipated rates, and the fire hazard is blown way out of proportion (most people have no problem driving a rolling gasoline bomb)
General Motors has repeatedly claimed a sales target for 2011 of 10,000 units for the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt sedan. But, nine months into the year, they’ve only shipped 3,895 off the lot. In fact, in September sales numbers, released an hour ago, GM sold only 723 Volts. Will GM fail to meet its own sales predictions?
To give you an idea of how few vehicles that is, here are just a few of the GM vehicles that sold better than the Chevy Volt this month:
Cadillac Escalade – 1,527
Chevrolet Colorado Pickup – 2,171
Chevrolet Avalanche – 1,861
Chevrolet Suburban – 5,246
Buick Lucerne – 1,068
That last car, the Buick Lucerne, is even more ironic considering it’s made on the very same assembly line as the Chevy Volt — yet the Buick-for-blue-hairs still managed to sell almost 50 percent more units this past month.
Compare those sales with the vehicle most pundits position as a direct competitor — the Nissan Leaf all-electric car. Nissan sold 1,362 Leafs during the month of August and 1,031 during the month of September. Year to date, they’ve sold 7,199 — twice the number of Volts GM has shipped off dealer lots.
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(most people have no problem driving a rolling gasoline bomb)
link please, you are aware that the Pinto and mustang were a setup from nbc.
Last edited by Cyberguy1950; 11-28-2011 at 02:04 PM..
Of course, you shouldn't since you need to be responsible for your own decisions. Most know it's a POS.
Hahaha! I beat you by posting this over in Green Living a half hour earlier. Regardless of where it is posted, the Volt is a worthless POS that GM can barely give away with endless subsidies.
Keep it in perspective, though. These fires have only occurred after a crash, WEEKS after to be specific. And, if you believe the GM spin, there is a procedure to drain the battery juice that's not being followed:
It's not like the car just randomly explodes going down the road, nor does it instantly go up in smoke on impact. My guess would be the battery ruptures, but then why has this not been an issue on other electric/hybrid vehicles? Poor battery placement?
Mike
Last edited by whiteboyslo; 11-28-2011 at 02:07 PM..
First up, they didn't sell them in all markets like the other cars on your list. Secondly, the dealers were instructed NOT to sell the demo units they had until just last month. Our local Chevy dealer didn't even HAVE any until last month, and sold every one they got instantly (they were there one week and gone to owners the next). Finally saw another one in yesterday (a different color than the first three, so I know it's not just the same one).
I LOVE uninformed people misusing statistics without having any background knowledge, But keep it up, we need more to laugh at you for.
Again, read this thread thouroughly then get back to me:
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The Volt's battery cells are produced by LG Chem in South Korea and subsequently shipped to the US, where the battery packs are assembled at a purpose-built facility in Brownstown Township, Michigan owned and operated by General Motors.
Compact Power, the North American subsidiary of LG Chem, is building a battery plant in Holland, Michigan to manufacture the advanced battery cells for the Volt and other carmakers, with capacity to produce enough cells for 50,000 to 200,000 battery packs per year.
The US$303 million Holland plant was funded by 50% U.S. Department of Energy matching stimulus funds and is planned to open by mid 2012.
They sold how many "on the lot".10...
BTW; I've yet to see a gasoline car "explode".
+ you left out the part about the volt using batteries AND gasoline both of which "explode ".
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The Volt's battery cells are produced by LG Chem in South Korea and subsequently shipped to the US, where the battery packs are assembled at a purpose-built facility in Brownstown Township, Michigan owned and operated by General Motors.
Compact Power, the North American subsidiary of LG Chem, is building a battery plant in Holland, Michigan to manufacture the advanced battery cells for the Volt and other carmakers, with capacity to produce enough cells for 50,000 to 200,000 battery packs per year.
The US$303 million Holland plant was funded by 50% U.S. Department of Energy matching stimulus funds and is planned to open by mid 2012.
I think they should make these batteries right next to our big lithium manganese dioxide mine.
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