Volt pricing
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The recent $5,000 price cut for the 2014 Chevrolet Volt has dropped the range-extended electric car into a significant price bracket. That group is the "$35,000 and under" club--occupied by every plug-in car on sale right now except for the Tesla Model S and the Toyota RAV4 EV. It makes us wonder: Is $35,000 a kind of threshold price for volume electric cars? Do customers see any vehicle above this point as inherently less attainable--making a price tag of $35,000 or less (before incentives) the limit to what most customers will pay? Sub-$35K Volt That the Chevy Volt, recently dropped to...
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2012 Chevy Volt Price Cut To $39,995, Options, Colors Expanded
For its second year of production, the 2012 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car will come down $1,000 in price and be offered with several new features and two new colors. The list price of the 2012 Volt, including an $850 destination fee, is $39,995. That compares to $41,000 for the 2011...
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2011 Chevrolet Volt: Quick Drive Impressions
The 2011 Geneva Motor Show has come and gone and was a real treat for electric car fans. Not only could you get close to cars like the 2011 Nissan Leaf and smart fortwo electric drive, but some were even available to test. One of the cars attracting a lot of attention was the 2011 Chevrolet Volt...
Antony Ingram -
GM Confirms, Yes, We're Losing Money on Every Volt We Build
Doug Parks, vehicle line executive for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, GM's range-extended electric vehicle, confirmed Tuesday that the company loses money on every Volt it sells. This should hardly be a surprise. It's called R&D, folks Every major automaker spends billions of dollars a year on...
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Opel Ampera News - Euro Volt Price Revealed, 42,900 Euros
If you're familiar with the 2011 Chevrolet Volt range-extended EV, then you're already familar with the Opel Ampera, since it's essentially the same car. The Ampera will be sold under General Motors' other brands, the Germany-based Opel and in the U.K. as the Vauxhall Ampera. It's not uncommon for...
Antony Ingram -
2011 Chevrolet Volt Price Gouging Banned At AutoNation
Earlier this month, sister-site Green Car Reports posted news about less-than-scrupulous dealers already telling potential customers for the upcoming 2011 Chevrolet Volt that there might be a significant markup--as much as $20,000--on the first batch of cars because of limited supply. And as...
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Just as dealers have to discount unpopular cars, they often add "surcharges" to models where demand outstrips supply. It's auto dealership yin and yang, or something. Now mega-dealer chain AutoNation has drawn a line in the sand, flatly stating that its dealers will sell their limited allocation of 2011 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric cars for the sticker price--which is $41,000 including a $720 delivery charge. Worries over rapacious dealers marking up 2011 Volts spiked early this month, when an e-mail from one Los Angeles dealer quoted a $20,000 surcharge on the Volt. GM will only...
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2011 Chevy Volt Danger: Rapacious Dealer Surcharges Could Turn Off Buyers
Last week GM announced pricing for its upcoming 2011 Chevrolet Volt, revealing that its range-extended electric vehicle will have a MSRP of $41,000. This came as quite a shock to many considering that the similarly advanced Nissan Leaf all-electric vehicle will have a starting MSRP of just $32,780...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran