dascrow
05-22-2008, 04:31 PM
http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/05/Chevrolet-Volt-Pricing.jpg
While the 2011 Chevy Volt (http://jalopnik.com/376373/radio-reporter-sneaks-out-first-video-of-chevy-volt-electric-car) is proceeding down the path from vaporware to successful range testing (http://jalopnik.com/390705/2011-chevy-volt-battery-hits-40+mile-range-target-while-wearing-skin-of-dead-malibu) to production ready, its price seems to remain stubbornly in the land of the lost. The original goal was to have it on the road for around $30,000, in April, Maximum Bob dropped the bomb saying the price may come in at $48k (http://jalopnik.com/374548/chryslers-press-claims-japan-paid-100-of-toyota-prius-hybrid-battery-development-lutz-says-volt-could-cost-48000). Well, Minimum Rick seems to be following his "Wait a month and clean up after Bob" modus operandi yet again. Wagoner, who definitely gives a shit (http://jalopnik.com/367052/wagoner-says-gl-wg-not-a-crock-of-something) about global warming, is now saying the Volt may actually come in below the original target.
How much lower? That's a silly question to ask considering how GM seems to keep mixing the messages themselves. An $18,000 price point difference makes for a mighty different business case though, especially considering gas will only be available with live organ exchange by 2010. [Translated from German: FAZ.net (http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.faz.net/s/RubD16E1F55D21144C4AE3F9DDF52B6E1D9/Doc%7EEB2753255E513430EBBC1274DFA81D79D%7EATpl%7EE common%7EScontent.html)]
http://jalopnik.com/392689/2011-chevy-volt-to-be-priced-under-30000
While the 2011 Chevy Volt (http://jalopnik.com/376373/radio-reporter-sneaks-out-first-video-of-chevy-volt-electric-car) is proceeding down the path from vaporware to successful range testing (http://jalopnik.com/390705/2011-chevy-volt-battery-hits-40+mile-range-target-while-wearing-skin-of-dead-malibu) to production ready, its price seems to remain stubbornly in the land of the lost. The original goal was to have it on the road for around $30,000, in April, Maximum Bob dropped the bomb saying the price may come in at $48k (http://jalopnik.com/374548/chryslers-press-claims-japan-paid-100-of-toyota-prius-hybrid-battery-development-lutz-says-volt-could-cost-48000). Well, Minimum Rick seems to be following his "Wait a month and clean up after Bob" modus operandi yet again. Wagoner, who definitely gives a shit (http://jalopnik.com/367052/wagoner-says-gl-wg-not-a-crock-of-something) about global warming, is now saying the Volt may actually come in below the original target.
How much lower? That's a silly question to ask considering how GM seems to keep mixing the messages themselves. An $18,000 price point difference makes for a mighty different business case though, especially considering gas will only be available with live organ exchange by 2010. [Translated from German: FAZ.net (http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.faz.net/s/RubD16E1F55D21144C4AE3F9DDF52B6E1D9/Doc%7EEB2753255E513430EBBC1274DFA81D79D%7EATpl%7EE common%7EScontent.html)]
http://jalopnik.com/392689/2011-chevy-volt-to-be-priced-under-30000