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SOURCES: GM TO HALT VOLT PRODUCTION DUE TO LACK OF SALES
Embattled automaker General Motors plans to halt — for at least four weeks — the manufacture of its infamous Chevrolet Volt, Automotive News reports.
Apparently, “slow sales” are to blame, according to USA Today.
“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,” USA Today adds.
The Detroit-Hamtramck plant will suspend production from Sept. 17 until Oct. 15, Automotive News reports, citing an anonymous source. Apparently, UAW leaders informed the plant’s 1,500 union workers about the scheduled halt last week, according to said anonymous source.
Suppliers were also notified of the decision last week, according to another source.
A GM spokesman declined to comment.
ExAFCrewDog
August 28th, 2012
From the article… ““We are comfortable with our current inventory levels…”
Yeah, 6 oughtta hold us for about a year.
BILL
August 28th, 2012
off topic !
must see !
http://youtu.be/WB6p5QPVhPI
bitterclinger
August 28th, 2012
How can this be? Centralized command-and-control economies have always worked so well!
/sarc
Tim
August 28th, 2012
You coulda knocked me over widda feathah!
I had such high hopes for da Jolt … uhhh, da Bolt … no, uhhh, da Zolt … da Zippo
ruble
August 28th, 2012
Whoa, didn’t see that one coming.
Carlos The Jackal
August 28th, 2012
“Burn baby burn! – RICO inferno!
Burn baby burn! – Burn our money down.”
Xavier
August 28th, 2012
Good video link Bill.
Anonymous
August 28th, 2012
Is that the republican vice president nominee’s car? Did he get out in time? He had to go back into the vehicle to get his Obama sticker?
kvn
August 28th, 2012
Article state 10,666 Volts sold YTD. What it does not tell you is that 7,600 units of this wonderful specimen of social engineering were gov’t purchases.
Unneutral
August 28th, 2012
I wonder if all the volts on the road have saved enough pollution to make up for that spewing black cloud.
Carlos The Jackal
August 28th, 2012
““We are not idling the plant due to poor Volt sales. We’re gearing up for production of the new Impala,” Chevy spokesman David Darovitz told USA Today in an email.”
For some reason, this sounds a lot like “We’re deliberatedly playing to smaller crowds at obama fundraisers.”
eternal cracker p
August 28th, 2012
“You didn’t burn that!”
Xavier
August 28th, 2012
@kvn
And in GM-speak, sold means “delivered to dealers”. It does not mean “sold to customer”. it’s called channel stuffing and that’s how they inflate the sales numbers, until the dealers don’t have room to take any more – which brings us where we are now and assembly line idling.
serfer62
August 28th, 2012
RACISSSSTs!
Stranded in Sonoma
August 28th, 2012
With the title of Unexpected! I thought the unemployment rate went up again.
So, an internal combustion engine is more preferrable in real world sales than an electric car-b-que? Gee! Who knew?
ExAFCrewDog
August 28th, 2012
serfer62? Tingles, is that you?
Ricky
August 28th, 2012
At around $45,000 for a decently equiped model.
Who in their right mind would pay that much for a crappy compact car?
You could buy a house (fixer-upper) for that kind of money and have a better investment.
sTevo
August 28th, 2012
Do these cars come with the burn suits?
norman einstein
August 28th, 2012
Gee…that’s a shame.
And there’s still only about $700 million of development costs to recoup. Not to mention marketing this white elephant.
Here’s an item, good for a few laughs:
http://www.sutton-associates.net/blog/tag/how-much-does-the-chevy-volt-cost-taxpayers/
Nutjob
August 28th, 2012
Looks like ole Harry Reid shot Barry in the foot on this one.
No government budget…..no chevy bolt purchases.
seamus
August 28th, 2012
well now, good thing that’s got a rooftop carrier. hell, we’re talking Roasted Dog here… sure hope they tapped out near obumblears campaign to deliver a hot tasty, dish of tender dogmeat, for tamales, only
moarkdave
August 28th, 2012
Please do not feel sorry for the UAW employees though. They will be paid full pay for the month of down time.
How would you like to be paid full wages to stay home for a month???
whosebone
August 28th, 2012
How many miles will it go on electric before catching fire?
Bob M.
August 28th, 2012
The HeartBURN of America – that’s TODAY’S, Shitterlet…
Jeffersonian
August 28th, 2012
This is a good a working definition of “Low Voltage” as I have ever seen.
As in “Dude. Low voltage.”
Xavier
August 28th, 2012
@sTevo
“Do these cars come with the burn suits?”
Actually I think they come with Wrongful Death suits.
the aardvark
August 28th, 2012
What a revolting development this is! VOLT is just new venacular for the same old POS crap that GM has been building for the last 40 yrs. Anyone remember Chevy Vegas and Chevy Corvairs. I liked later model Corvairs of 68 & 69 vintage, Vegas still and always will suck.
charliewalksonwater
August 28th, 2012
i”ve been doing a slow burn ever since the kenyan king bailed out GM.
Now I have Fords.
Corona
August 28th, 2012
Chevy’s pinin’ for the Fjords.
Tony R
August 28th, 2012
I am surprised the administration didn’t claim that they deliberately restricted sales to a select few who appreciate the attributes of the Volt.
Maybe if GM went back to making “the cars people don’t want to buy” they could turn a profit again.
FreeMan - Mystery Speaker Sarah
August 28th, 2012
Maybe they will bring back the Vega.
Frosteetoes
August 29th, 2012
The Saturn’s were the best cars that came out of GM in recent years. Especially the earlier models.
fina
August 29th, 2012
This has me in tears laughing…. Belligerence and this have made my day. Thank you!
GM Car Of The Future
August 29th, 2012
** crickets **