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-Short Attention Span Theater-
GM suspending Chevrolet Volt output due to slow sales
2012-08-28
[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."
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Posted by:Fred

#5   Sometimes the Volt just doesn't work.

Like in winter, when cold slows the chemical reaction in the battery, and you crave that 'waste heat' from a gas engine to defrost your windshield and warm your toes?

And so the Volt goes under the bus. Hey, there must be a Buss Under-Voltage Warning joke in there somewhere!
Posted by: SteveS   2012-08-28 13:54  

#4  Then there is that other problem. Sometimes the Volt just doesn't work. The tree huggers think it is such a wonderful answer for their pet theory of climate change. Ha, the last I knew coal-fired or nuclear power plants were required for charging the batteries of this turkey. I'm afraid this project is another Solyndra money pit. Give this pos to the Hollyweird crowd--they prolly love it. This is a twofer for them; they think they are saving the world and they feel good about themselves for awhile.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-08-28 10:48  

#3  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

Sorry, no sympathy from me. Probably won't top the $277.3 billion in taxpayer funded farm subsidies 1995-2011 (not growing corn and beans), but the auto workers will get unemployment and subpay which makes up 95% of their pay.

Posted by: Besoeker   2012-08-28 09:50  

#2  most of the Volts sold have gone to Gubbamint Agencies™. 38 mile range on batery? Woo hoo!
Posted by: Frank G   2012-08-28 09:34  

#1  Supply and demand? Does Obama know they're considering such capitalist thought? I thought they'd make Volts until the price became affordable.
Posted by: Bobby   2012-08-28 06:05  

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