GM suspending Chevrolet Volt output due to slow sales

General Motors is halting, for a month, the manufacture of its well-known but seldom-sold Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car, according to trade publication Automotive News.

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.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/08/gm-suspends-chevy-volt-production-over-slow-sales/1#.UDwoWKDh-Sq

From the same article:

GM sold 10,666 Volts through July, way up from the 2,870 sold during the same period a year earlier.

"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 said in an email.

Meanwhile, despite the right-wing hoopla about fires, there has been not ONE fire caused by a purchased Chevy Volt.

NHTSA has closed their investigation into the Chevrolet Volt’s fire risk, stating that the agency “does not believe that Chevy Volts or other electric vehicles pose a greater risk of fire than gasoline-powered vehicles.”

NHTSA began the investigation in November after a Volt caught on fire following a crash test. Starting in February, GM will modify the Volt’s battery pack structure by reinforcing the steel surrounding the battery and adding a sensor that can monitor coolant leaks

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/0 ... stigation/

shocking news I tell ya, just shocking.

I had a AA Lithium battery in my camera overheat the other day, the whole camera got really hot and quit working. And the camera was off too! Seriously.

They need to have national registration to own batteries, only qualified people should be able to have them.

Perhaps they should start with computer keyboards first.

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Have to take a course. Yeah.

And how many of the Volt sales are to goverment customers like the military?