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Title: GM Expands Chevrolet Volt Orders To All 50 States, Lowers Price
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DETROIT FREE PRESS
URL Source: http://www.freep.com/article/201106 ... tates-lowers-price?odyssey=tab
Published: Jun 10, 2011
Author: CHRISSIE THOMPSON
Post Date: 2011-06-10 13:00:24 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 52970
Comments: 110
General Motors opened up orders for the Chevrolet Volt to all 50 states today, lowering the base price for the 2012 model by about $1,000 and adding four option packages. The 2012 Volt will start at $39,995, including delivery, and customers may be eligible for a $7,500 federal tax credit. GM was able to lower the base price because the car has more optional content now that it's available nationally, the automaker said today in a statement. The 2011 Volt had been available in eight states and Washington, D.C., and only had three option packages. GM is expanding Volt ordering as it prepares to add two shifts worth 2,500 jobs to the Detroit-Hamtramck plant that builds the car. Volt engineers are seeking to cut the car's cost through powertrain and production improvements, which will mostly be used to make the car profitable, rather than slash the price for consumers. GM plans this year to build 16,000 of the Volt and its European version, the Opel Ampera. That includes about 3,500 for overseas delivery and 2,500 as demos at dealerships. Next year, GM plans to build 60,000 Volts at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant, with 45,000 designated for the U.S. Detroit-Hamtramck this spring discontinued its other two cars, the Cadillac DTS and Buick Lucerne, leaving it free to build just Volts until the 2013 Malibu starts production next year. The factory will also assemble the next-generation Chevrolet Impala, expected to start production by 2013. The plant is in a four-week shutdown to update for Volt and Malibu production. After it restarts, the factory will start adding the second shift of workers, with the third to start at an undisclosed future date.
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#25. To: Ferret Mike (#24)
Whats amusing is the carbon footprint left behind the manufacturing of these pieces of shit.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Did you miss the linked article talking about dealer markups or are you really this stupid all the time?
These are nice cars that fill a niche. Eugene uses these for parking control duties and this saves them money. They are a lot cheaper and easier to use compared to their conventional small gasoline powered vehicles. In a congested metropolitan area small efficient vehicles make a great deal of sense. As does the use of every range of bicycle from three speed antique to a truck bike that can deliver many things faster and more efficiently than a motorized vehicle.
No more amusing than you making this shit up and ***thinking*** people will believe you.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" Now don't go confusing the libTURDS with FACTS B. They love their little delusions more than they love REALITY. I mean REALLY, these FOOLS specialize in FAILURE. In fact these libTURD FOOLS are experts at FAILURE. They love "Collectivism", proven through ALL of human history to be a FAILURE. They love "BIG gooberment", proven through ALL of human history to be a FAILURE. They LOVE central/command control economies. proven through ALL of human history to be a FAILURE. They LOVE TYRANNY. They HATE individual LIBERTY. They are just useful FOOLS/TOOLS/WHORES for TYRANNY. libTURDISM is the philosophy of the deeply stupid."
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
Which is why I speak glowingly of a free enterprise endeavorer seeking to develop and market a product? Who tells you all this bizarre shit? Do you have imaginary voices echoing in the empty head bone cavern of yours'?
LoL! You gibbering phuckwad, it's always about YOU isn't it loser? Tell me phuckwad, does the demonRAT partee/"progressive" agenda concentrate on BUILDING the so called "collective"? YES it does LIAR. You little fool, try your clumsy and ignorant LIES and spin on the air head co-eds that you usually target with your Weiner "peter tweeter" act b!tch. TRY to tell me, and us ALL, that what I said does NOT reflect the dogma of the left. LOL! You pitiful little libTURD b!tch.
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
Ask a Democrat, not me. Spin your delusions at them. I don't belong to that party.
LoL! Are you claiming NOW to NOT be a self styled "progressive", you LYING POS? Are you claiming NOW to NOT be a self styled "libTURD", you LYING POS? Are you claiming NOW to NOT be a self styled "person" of the political "left", you LYING POS? Are you claiming NOW to NOT be a self styled "person" of the so called "counter culture", you LYING POS? Are you claiming NOW to NOT a gibbering libTURD LIAR? Because NOBODY here buys your bullsh!t, you gibbering libTURD LIAR. NOBODY. LOL!
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
I'm seeing you living in a world full of strange delusions and trying to be scarier than the barking, chained old dog tethered to the porch you are. Why?
LOL! Gee willikers, lookie there .... The little cowardly LYING libTURD is now trying to deny that "he" is an infamous raving "progressive" b!tch. Who saw THAT coming eh? LMAO! "libTURDISM is the philosophy of the STOOOPID." (and, apparently of COWARDS and LIARS also.)
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
Nah, Just saying that when I contribute information about a free enterprise firm developing a product, that is a bizarre time to go on a rant about the evils of socialism. Face it M. Doggie Dog, reality and your brain housing group are not friends.
LOL! Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight cornflake WHORE, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. LOL! Gee willikers, lookie there .... The little cowardly LYING libTURD is now trying to deny that "he" is an infamous raving "progressive" b!tch. Who saw THAT coming eh? LMAO! "libTURDISM is the philosophy of the STOOOPID." (and, apparently of COWARDS and LIARS also.)
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
Hey I can vouch for him... Yes, in fact he is that stupid all the time.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" False. Over the expected lifetime of these toys, the costs exceed a normal vehicle. And again, the CARBON FOOTPRINT left behind during the manufacturing process is GIGANTIC. And totally undermines the alleged reason for building them in the first place.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Your fantasies about manufacturing are your problem.
Boofer has a lot of "fantasies"..."the costs exceed a normal vehicle" being yet another one. IN fact, the projected cost is that a Volt will be cheaper to operate and maintain than a "normal vehicle"...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" Exactly. And I am familiar with the facility currently being used to manufacture this Eugene, OR made vehicle. It too is very economical to build, and the people who designed it are incredibly ecologically savvy on ow to keep it's cost down and it's production footprint small and shallow.
The concept of the Volt from day1 has been "green as possible". This is the problem when Rush is your main source of "news".
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" A short abortive blog Mad Dog did as his old nick at TOS which was Skull Stomper. A 'friend' of his at TOS gave it to me. It seems he not only didn't have many friends there, and those he did think he had were relieved and happy he was banned. Thought you might find it's small bit of insight about him would be interesting. Looking at his home town on the map for example shows him to be a stone's throw from Anchorage. So he's not 'roughing it' in a remote rural area nearly as much as he historically claims he is.
Thanks...should I ever shed this veil of boredom regarding all things MadDog I might take a look. And why am I not surprised that old spittle mouth has no friends...ANYWHERE?
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I was amused Stone took to using his *spit* and other potty mouth tactics at 4UM. The two have a lot in common. I thought him insane when I watched him as 'Skull Stomper' there and he was so outrageous all his posts were nuked when he was zotted. Usually they just turn an account off at FR.
No fantasy here at all. The carbon footprint is HUGE. Look it up, mr enviromentalist. If you are remotely objective, after looking up the data, you will agree with me.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
The only daily fantasy on this website is wee willie's homosexual one's.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
OK, look at the Mitsubishi iMIEV fully electric vehicle. There's also a petrol version which is to all intents and purposes the exact same vehicle but for a different drive train system. Mitsubishi shows the differences between the gas and electirc model's carbon footprint as striking. And not in the way you present it. Petrol Version: 0.056l/km or 0.54kWh/km. Electric Version: 160km range, 16kWh battery; therefore 0.1kWh/km
Why don't you link us to the data, Dick.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" Saw this after posting. End of discussion if this is your focus.
You have me filtered, Rick...remember? How's the chili today? Watch that cliff behind you while you're out combat pistoling... [snicker]
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" With a name like Dick of course he's focused on cock.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I decided to try to take him serious in an argument even though his point was a bizarro world factoid only a Hummer junkie could love. With some people like this guy, the leap of faith to do this is just not worth the effort. ;-)
He pulls this crap when he's getting his ass kicked in a discussion...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" Psssst. Topic is the Chevy Volt, and American made vehicle.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
You helped the cheap shot along, and now you want to act self rightgeous, Mikey. You're going to end the discussion anyway, because you can't refute the simple fact the CHEVY VOLT is horrific for the enviroment, far more damaging than ANY SUV ever made, long term. Do what ya want.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Yeah, right; as War said, sho me a citation. As these vehicles become more common their current economic advantage over gasoline cars will just get better. We have quite a few volts locally, and everyone I have talked to with one has nothing but raves and recomendations for it, Dickie.
With some people like this guy, the leap of faith to do this is just not worth the effort. ;-) So fuck off, mikey.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
I keep the dwarf on filter, as he knows. Doesn't stop him from sending over 40,000 post my way over the past five years though....he's as sick as Anthony Weiner in that aspect. Look up the date yourself, mikey. That way, you'll NEVER FORGET IT. Works with fourth graders, should work with you. Enjoy.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
I did the math, Mr. Hyperbole. Had he dedicated every day toward the end of posting to you, that would be about twenty-two posts daily. Besides, considering Neal banned you because you posted so much with so little to say, this is hypocrisy on top of hyperbole. Are you going for hysteria next?
You stated, give citation to back your words.
Here's some data regarding the carbon footprint of gas vs. electric cars during manufacture process. Estimated carbon emissions during production (tons of CO2) Gasoline vehicle: 5.6 Hybrid vehicle: 6.5 Plug-in hybrid vehicle: 6.7 Battery electric hybrid: 8.8 Estimated lifecycle carbon emissions (tons of CO2) Gasoline vehicle: 24 Hybrid vehicle: 21 Plug-in hybrid vehicle: 19 Battery electric hybrid vehicle: 19 Proportion of emissions during production (%) Gasoline vehicle: 23% Hybrid vehicle: 31% Plug-in hybrid vehicle: 35% Battery electric hybrid vehicle: 46%
Thanks, I wouldn't mind the URL too to best compare it with my sources. I know that one thing I factor in here is as production of these vehicles goes up, the manufacturing costs and consumption will drop quite a bit. Not to mention the recycling of a hybrid or electric is easier and more comprehensive in terms of what can be recycled than your average gasoline machine. I generally ride a bicycle around town. If I go to Portland I try to take the train which is am option I can bring my bicycles with me when I use it. If I drive I usually take a motorcycle. If I do ever get a new car though, it will be an electric. Historically I've generally driven air cooled VWs as I can take them apart and put them together almost blindfolded - including the process of re-building the engines. But we as a nation really need to get away from our dependence on oil, which is something we are going to have to do if we want to reduce the influence of the oil producing nations in our lives.
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#26. To: Brian S (#0)
#27. To: Rudgear (#17)
They're dropping the price and now they are raising the price. Do you know anything at all, princess?
#28. To: Badeye (#25)
#29. To: Badeye (#25)
Whats [sic] amusing is the carbon footprint left behind the manufacturing of these pieces of shit.
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#30. To: Badeye (#25)
Whats amusing is the carbon footprint left behind the manufacturing of these pieces of shit.
#31. To: Mad Dog (#30)
"They love "Collectivism", proven through ALL of human history to be a FAILURE."
#32. To: Ferret Mike (#31)
(Edited)
#33. To: Mad Dog (#32)
"Tell me phuckwad, does the demonRAT partee/"progressive" agenda concentrate on BUILDING the so called "collective"?"
#34. To: Ferret Mike (#33)
#35. To: Mad Dog (#34)
#36. To: Ferret Mike (#35)
(Edited)
#37. To: Mad Dog (#36)
#38. To: Ferret Mike (#37)
#39. To: Thunderbird (#27)
...or are you really this stupid all the time?
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#40. To: Ferret Mike (#28)
They are a lot cheaper and easier to use compared to their conventional small gasoline powered vehicles.
#41. To: Badeye (#40)
#42. To: Ferret Mike (#41)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#43. To: war (#42)
"Boofer has a lot of "fantasies"..."the costs exceed a normal vehicle" being yet another one. IN fact, the projected cost is that a Volt will be cheaper to operate and maintain than a "normal vehicle"... "
#44. To: Ferret Mike (#43)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#45. To: war (#42)
http://skullstompers.blogspot.com/
#46. To: Ferret Mike (#45)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#47. To: war (#46)
#48. To: Ferret Mike (#41)
Your fantasies about manufacturing are your problem.
#49. To: Ferret Mike (#43)
#50. To: Badeye (#48)
#51. To: Badeye (#48)
No fantasy here at all. The carbon footprint is HUGE. Look it up, mr enviromentalist.
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#52. To: Badeye (#49)
"The only daily fantasy on this website is wee willie's homosexual one's."
#53. To: Badeye (#49)
(Edited)
The only daily fantasy on this website is wee willie's homosexual one's [sic].
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#54. To: Ferret Mike (#52)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#55. To: war (#51)
"Why don't you link us to the data, Dick."
#56. To: Ferret Mike (#55)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#57. To: Ferret Mike (#50)
OK, look at the Mitsubishi iMIEV fully electric vehicle.
#58. To: Ferret Mike (#52)
#59. To: Badeye (#58)
#60. To: Ferret Mike (#55)
I decided to try to take him serious in an argument even though his point was a bizarro world factoid only a Hummer junkie could love.
#61. To: Ferret Mike (#59)
Yeah, right; as War said, sho me a citation.
#62. To: Badeye (#61)
"Doesn't stop him from sending over 40,000 post my way over the past five years though...."
#63. To: Badeye (#61)
"Look up the date yourself, mikey. That way, you'll NEVER FORGET IT."
#64. To: Ferret Mike, war (#50)
#65. To: Thunderbird (#64)
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