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GM slashes Chevy Volt prices to spur flagging sales
replying to jon_banquer , passerby wrote:
jonbanquer wrote: "Industry analysts have estimated it actually costs GM as much as $75,000 to build each Volt, or nearly twice the base price." Find the right analyst and s/he will estimate you anything all the way right up to the point that *you* want to make. What is so incredibly different in Volt from, say, Prius which costs $25,000 (to the customer) and Toyota is making profit on it? Volt has a larger and different technology battery, so it probably costs $3K more. OK, let it be $5K more, but still, what would explain the incredible $50K difference in the alleged estimate? If the estimate has any relation to reality, it most likely does not take into account economy of scale that hasn't yet started to show since the sales are not very high and the model is relatively recent. Toyota started selling Prius in 1997 and announced making first profit in 2001 after 75,000+ were sold. Gotta give it time, I'm sure GM understands that. -- -- posted from http://www.polytechforum.com/metalwo...es-577784-.htm using PolytechForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to rec.crafts.metalworking and other engineering groups |
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