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GM suspending Chevrolet Volt output due to slow sales
[USA Today]  General Motors is halting, for a month, the manufacture of its well-known but seldom-sold Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car, according to trade publication Automotive News.It would be the second interruption in production for the Volt, which can go 38 miles on battery power before needing a recharge from its gasoline engine or via a plug-in. Automotive News, citing unnamed sources, reports the Detroit-Hamtramck plant from Sept. 17 until Oct. 15. Leaders of the United Auto Workers union told the plant's 1,500 workers about the scheduled downtime last week, the source said. A GM front man declined comment. "We don't comment on production schedules," the front man told the News. "We continue to match supply and demand." That, sir, is a comment... Posted by: Fred 2012-08-28 |
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