"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Sun, 5 Dec 2010 12:52:26 -0500, "RBM" wrote:




I think that if 95% of the driving public go less than 40 miles per day,
and the car could be built,sold,
and maintained, and didn't need to be subsidized, and the car company
could make a profit,
at least some reasonable segment of the public would buy it. That
currently isn't the case.
I also think that if GM believed that they had a "winner", they wouldn't
have to come up with a
secret, convoluted formula for figuring MPG's @ 230

1. You don't need 95% market share of anything to succeed.
2. Yes, the product has to be solid.
3. Yes, the Volt is being subsidized, as was the Toyota Prius and all
the high efficiency furnaces they're talking about in another thread.
4. GM is making a profit.
5. The EPA determines MPG figures, not GM. And it's not 230 MPG.

So you're batting .400.
In baseball they'd call you Ted Williams and you'd be a hero.
With most work it just gets your ass fired.

--Vic

If Toyota only made the Prius, they'd be out of business
It's way too early to know if GM is really making a profit.
The EPA hasn't yet figured out how they're going to figure MPG's for this
type of vehicle, so all kinds of numbers are being used currently