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Originally Posted by twuelfing
you will never see the volt in a show room the way it has been presented in ads and at car shows.
GM is notorious for publicizing cars it has no intention of making. Pushing them as future options to keep people interested in the brand, then distract them with the next show car while they pull the plug on the previous one.
Remember the EV1? I drove that car and loved it. But what happened to it? GM buried it. Or more precisely, crushed it.
even if they end up making 5k or 10k of these cars that does not mean they have produced what they have hyped. They will just pull the old lease trick out, claim there is no viable market for PHEVs or whatever they dont want to invest in and kill the project to keep from having to actually move forward with the compan
y.
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And what is your theory on the second shooter on the Grassy Knoll?
Everyone loves a conspriracy theory, with the evil motives of 'the man' keeping us opressed citizens enslaved to one thing or another. But the simple fact of the matter is we live in a free market economy, and businesses make decisions based on profit and market demand - end of story. If there is a profit in the Volt, then GM will proceed. If not, they will cancel it. Just like the EV1. GM is a for profit company, and is accountable to its share holders. You may feel that they should continue to throw good money at a problem for its altruistic benefit, but as a share holder, I expect them to cut their losses where appropriate and turn a profit. (and BTW - they have MANY forward looking industry experts providing input on the long term impact)
Is this profit based motivation wrong? Maybe, but it is what the American economy (still the greatest in the world) is based on. If you want an economy based on artificially set wages, production quotas and R&D requirements, move to France. It works so well over there!