daveman
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DailyTech - August to be Chevrolet Volt's Best Sales Month YetCons are doing the work of their repub heroes, trying to help sully the reputation of the volt. Kill the car if they could. Make it a bad mark for the pres. Eliminate union jobs. To hell with us jobs. they want the white house, and cons are the tools to help them. Forget that good old repub strong business concepts. These are neoncons. No interest in anything but gaining power, and destroying jobs is no concern at all, particularly if many are union jobs.
However, the general public is catching on. Tea parties are decreasing in participation. And people are learning that repub attacks on the volt are agenda driven lies. And, to the disdain of the cons, sales of the volt are rising.
"GM spokesman Jim Cain said the company expects the Volt's August sales to top 2,500, the best month by far since its December 2010 launch. That would mark a 35% increase over July sales and more than a 700% jump from year ago results."
Volt monthly sales to hit record in August - Aug. 30, 2012
This plant has been idled two times this year already due to low demand for the Volt. At least this time demand is remaining high. General Motors sold 10,666 Volt automobiles during the first seven months of 2012. That is a 270% increase from the same span of 2011.
GM had previously forecast the sale of 45,000 Volts for 2012 and abandoned that number saying instead that it would match supply to demand.
GM had previously forecast the sale of 45,000 Volts for 2012 and abandoned that number saying instead that it would match supply to demand.
Taxpayers to get charged as Pentagon buys up Chevy Volts | Fox News
The Department of Defense is planning to purchase 1,500 electric cars including Volts as part of its effort to make the military more environmentally friendly. But given the federal government’s bailout of Chevy maker General Motors, President Obama’s praise of the Volt and the car’s long-running problems, the federal purchase is likely to become the latest controversy in the Volt’s short life.
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Those sales will be boosted at taxpayer expense. The Department of Defense began buying Volts this summer as the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, Calif., purchased two in July. Another 18 Volts will soon be delivered to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where Air Force One is based, according to military magazine Stars and Stripes.
The Obama administration has been among the Volt’s biggest backers with the president vowing to “buy one and drive it myself … five years from now when I’m not president anymore.”
But despite ultra-cheap lease deals and tax breaks of $7,500 for buyers, sales have still been moribund.
Such perks, however, have failed to drive consumers to GM car lots. The vehicle has been forced to suspend production twice this year and will again suspend production later this month after only 2,831 were sold last month.
The General Services Administration bought 100 Volts in 2011 for various agencies.
The government buying them really isn't indicative of the general population's interest.--
Those sales will be boosted at taxpayer expense. The Department of Defense began buying Volts this summer as the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, Calif., purchased two in July. Another 18 Volts will soon be delivered to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where Air Force One is based, according to military magazine Stars and Stripes.
The Obama administration has been among the Volt’s biggest backers with the president vowing to “buy one and drive it myself … five years from now when I’m not president anymore.”
But despite ultra-cheap lease deals and tax breaks of $7,500 for buyers, sales have still been moribund.
Such perks, however, have failed to drive consumers to GM car lots. The vehicle has been forced to suspend production twice this year and will again suspend production later this month after only 2,831 were sold last month.
The General Services Administration bought 100 Volts in 2011 for various agencies.