Sales of the GM Volt.

[rwh11385]

Oh dear 2289, I hope this is isn't the beginning of a trend. It could make the right wing nut jobs look like asshats.

Could? Like in just now making them look like asshats? Pretty sure joshh has been one for ages.

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/former-president-george-h-w-bush-buys-chevy-192026852.html

George H.W. Bush buys a Chevy Volt as conservatives rethink car’s image

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEia_qc3MWo

Fox News Now Loves the Volt

[tjts1]

General Motors Co. (GM) will resume production of its Chevrolet Volt battery-powered car a week earlier than planned, and is looking to boost sales of the vehicle by more than 30% in coming months, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing company officials.

"We hope to get up to 3,000- plus in the coming months and are certainly positioning it," Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson told Bloomberg in an interview.

Production at GM's Hamtramck, Mich., assembly plant will resume April 16, a GM spokesman said, Bloomberg reported. The production halt, introduced March 19 due to slow sales, had been due to end April 23.

http://www.4-traders.com/GENERAL-MOTORS-COMPANY-6873535/news/GENERAL-MOTORS-COMPANY-GM-CEO-Seeks-to-Boost-Volt-s-Monthly-Sales-to-3-000-Bloomberg-News-14258449/

[Vedubin01]

Read this today.... dont really feel that the people buying these are going to hold on to their cars that long to start reaping the cost savings of the EVs. 26.6 years would be liking buying a 1986 E30 new and keeping it for cost savings.





If you're thinking about buying a fuel-efficient hybrid, electric or otherwise eco-friendly vehicle as a way to save money over time, do your homework — or be prepared to wait.
Buyers who choose Nissan's all-electric Leaf ($28,421) over its approximate gas-powered equivalent, Nissan's Versa ($18,640), will likely wait nearly 9 years until they break even, according to a new report by The New York Times that examines the cost of fuel efficiency.
For drivers of the Chevrolet Volt ($31,767), the wait is even longer— 26.6 years.


http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville...or-hybrid.html

[rwh11385]

Read this today.... dont really feel that the people buying these are going to hold on to their cars that long to start reaping the cost savings of the EVs. 26.6 years would be liking buying a 1986 E30 new and keeping it for cost savings.





If you're thinking about buying a fuel-efficient hybrid, electric or otherwise eco-friendly vehicle as a way to save money over time, do your homework — or be prepared to wait.
Buyers who choose Nissan's all-electric Leaf ($28,421) over its approximate gas-powered equivalent, Nissan's Versa ($18,640), will likely wait nearly 9 years until they break even, according to a new report by The New York Times that examines the cost of fuel efficiency.
For drivers of the Chevrolet Volt ($31,767), the wait is even longer— 26.6 years.


http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville...or-hybrid.html

Interacting with your posts is like talking to a brick wall, too dense to conceptualize anything and highly forgetful that this has already been discussed. The people usually buying these are looking to drive primarily on charge-only... and the majority of Americans live with a commute within the EV-only range.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showpost.php?p=3048150&postcount=329

Do you not read the entire story, or just pick out things out of context to make them seem more shocking (like CNN or Fox News does)?

The Volt, which cost nearly $40,000 before a $7,500 federal tax credit, could take up to 27 years to pay off versus a Chevrolet Cruze, assuming it was regularly driven farther than its battery-only range allows. The payback time could drop to about eight years if gas cost $5 a gallon and the driver remained exclusively on battery power

Although it's not consumerist to own a car for 8 years, I've certainly have.

Plus, as previously discussed, GM partly owns the new technology that will cut battery costs in half. (A significant portion of the Volt's expense)

[herbivor]

My driving experience of a Nissan Leaf is far more enjoyable than my driving experience of a Nissan Versa, and that has more of an impact on my decision to purchase one over the other than does the payback difference.

[tjts1]

Read this today.... dont really feel that the people buying these are going to hold on to their cars that long to start reaping the cost savings of the EVs. 26.6 years would be liking buying a 1986 E30 new and keeping it for cost savings.

Right, because the price of gas didn't change by a single penny between 1986 and 2012.

[tjts1]

General Motors Co.'s sales of the extended-range electric Chevrolet Volt aren't hitting expectations in the U.S. But 7,000 orders for its European twin, the Opel Ampera, have surpassed early goals.

"We are quite sure that our sales target of 10,000 units (in 2012) is within reach," Enno Fuchs, e-mobility launch director for Adam Opel AG, wrote in an email to The Detroit News. Opel began taking Ampera orders last summer in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Deliveries started in February.

About 60 percent of Ampera customers are commercial or fleet, Fuchs said.

GM sells the Ampera under the Opel brand in most of Europe, and under the Vauxhall brand in the United Kingdom. The automaker also sells the Volt under the Chevy brand in several European countries. The Ampera goes on sale May 1 in the U.K. Volt sales in Europe began in late February and are in the hundreds, said Marc Kempe, director of communications for Chevrolet in Europe.



From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...#ixzz1sJ99zp00

Condolences to the RWNJs. I hope you find something else to bitch and moan about soon.

[joshh]

1462 Volts sold in April.

GE needs to pick up the purchases....damn.

[tjts1]

1462 Volts sold in April.

GE needs to pick up the purchases....damn.

Oh snap SON! Now admit it, did it give you a hard on when you read the news?

[BamaE30]

I hope the Volt succeeds and admire Bob Lutz for pushing GM to build it. It will take time to establish the owner’s base but this was the case with the Prius also. Price is the issue for me or I would have one. I'm just not prepared to sell my other cars to put this in the garage.

[rwh11385]

Could have been better, but still their third best month... which is decent for "a month with three fewer selling days, and given that April is traditionally a weaker month than March"

Still sold nearly 4x the number of Leafs in the US, and not far off from the Prius Plug-In which people have been waiting on for a long time.

http://www.hybridcars.com/news/april-volt-sales-decent-leafs-not-so-much-45387.html

And "European Ampera sales reported for April were 557 total units." "total April sales worldwide would be 2,019 units."

[herbivor]

My wife wants a minivan. I'm holding out for this to possibly replace the X3.

[gwb72tii]

hey herbie, what year X3 do you have and have you had any issues with the sunroof?

[herbivor]

hey herbie, what year X3 do you have and have you had any issues with the sunroof?

2004 and it's been the most reliable car we've ever owned. 90k miles on it currently. Nothing has broken...yet.

[gwb72tii]

we have an 04 also and its been great except the sunroof