Thread: 10,000 Chevy Volt sales plan

10,000 Chevy Volt sales plan

Mark Maynard
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 2:55 p.m.

Chevrolet released more information today regarding retail plans for the four-door Volt, including timing of the national rollout and dealer training. Chevrolet Volt Marketing Director Tony DiSalle made the announcements during a live video webcast on www.chevroletvoltage.com.

DiSalle confirmed plans to produce 10,000 Volts by the end of the 2011 calendar year, and an additional 30,000 Volts during the 2012 calendar year.

The first Volts for retail sales will be in California, Washington, D.C., Austin, Texas and the New York City metropolitan area later this year. Volts are expected to arrive at dealerships in Michigan, New Jersey, Connecticut, and the rest of Texas and New York in the first quarter of 2011. Additional markets will be added as production volume increases during the second model year, with Volt available in all 50 states 12 to 18 months after the initial launch.

Before receiving Volts for retail sales, dealers will be required to complete specialized sales and service training, and install 240-volt charging stations at their dealerships. Chevrolet expects to have nationwide service coverage available through Chevrolet Authorized Volt Service Dealers during the 12 to 18 month national rollout.

Consumers interested in purchasing a Volt can go to www.chevrolet.com/volt and register for news updates and to be contacted when dealers have cars.

The Volt left Austin today on a 1,776-mile “Freedom Drive,â€

Are the Chinese buying any?

Yeah right, spend 40K for a car that takes 8 hours to "fill up" and the resale value will be zero considering the possibility of replacing a 10K battery. I got a feeling this will be the new Edsel. It's a artifically created market, not consumer driven. People are not clamoring for electric cars, just the environmentalist lobbies. At the same time, the same people are preventing power plants from being built.

They are banning light bulbs supposedly to save electricity and at the same time selling people on electric cars. Only govt. could create such contradiction.

Last I heard they were going to be in the $30,000 range.

Chevrolet Volt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
GM announced that the Volt will be sold initially only in seven regions: ..... and that "while the Chevy Volt holds promise, it is currently projected to be much more .... "GM Exec: Chevy Volt Effective Price Easily Less Than $30,000". ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt

Originally Posted by Bowman

Are the Chinese buying any?

GM touts hot growth in China, says it's solid overseas

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-204529.html