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Detroit-Hamtramck Shutdown Extended, Chevrolet Volt Production Slowed Again
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Derek Kreindler
(IC: employee)
Published: April 3rd, 2012
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The Detroit-Hamtramck plant that builds the Chevrolet Volt will be shut down for three weeks instead of the standard two weeks this summer, and according to GM, that’s just business as usual. Even when it’s not.
According to the Detroit Free Press
“This is (a) normal part of business as managing to market demand,” GM spokeswoman Michelle Malcho said in an e-mail. Malcho confirmed that GM sold more than 2,000 Volts in March. Full sales figures will be released this morning.
Hmm. We’ve heard the whole “managing demand” thing before, in references to shutting down the plant. Let’s see how these sales figures pan out.
Derek Kreindler
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Published April 3rd, 2012 11:46 AM
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'These are not the Droids you are looking for...move along.'
I stand by my Volt/Edsel comments. This cannot end well for anyone, except for internet bloggers.
"The Volt is now outselling the Leaf regularly (2012 data) so it is holding is own" The Volt outsold the Leaf 4 to 1 in March. Conservatively, they'll sell 20K in the US & 10K in Europe as the Ampera this year. Hardly a failure or a turkey. Of course those types of ignorant comments are always made by people who have never driven or spent time with a Volt. People in Canada are still begging for them. "Now when the plug-in Fusion, Accord etc come along then all these niche EV’s could have big problems." I doubt that. I can make any plug-in gas hybrid like the Fusion or PIP burn gas before I reach the end of my block by simply pushing down too hard on the accelerator. There is still nothing else like the Volt available. BMW is making their own Volt, having hired a former GM employee who worked on the Volt project. That's the closest thing I know of.
Record sales last month and free publicity from the blogs...one week added! http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120404/AUTO0103/204040417/1361/Sales-bump-to-revive-idled-Volt-plant-a-week-earlier