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Probably several reasons Posted by JerseySaab [Email]  (#666) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from JerseySaab) on Sat, 3 Mar 2012 16:06:29
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There probably are a number of reasons for the Volt's failure.
Firstly they are way too expensive, with the prospect of an expensive battery replacement down the road as well. Next, a lot of people (myself included) are appalled at the subsidies that have been poured into these cars. Their manufacture was dictated by a political regime rather than the demands of the marketplace, and that rubs some of us the wrong way. (I'm not trying to start a political argument here as this is not the place for it, just making an observation.)
Additionally, GM for decades has had a well-deserved reputation for using the buying public as beta-testers for half-baked technologies. (Even those that may have been good ideas at the time were released with inadequate development.) Ask anyone who bought an early Corvair, Tempest, or Vega, to name a few. Then there was the Olds diesel engine (converted gasoline 350 V8) and the Cadillac 4-6-8. I'm sure others can think of more. So at least those who know of the history behind GM releasing new tech may be a little gun-shy.
But that's the way it goes with so-called "green" technologies and products in general as they tend not to make it in the real world. (Solyndra, anyone?) For the most part such products are inferior to their conventional counterparts in terms of cost, performance, and service life. When you "go green" you are invariably giving something up, and that is something that most people are not willing to do. To be successful, a "green" product needs to cost about the same as a conventional one, perform as well, and last as long. There are not many that fall into this
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