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Originally Posted by racer-x
Just heard there are going to stop the production of the volt. They also said the avg income of the person that had bought the car was over $175,000 a year.... Hmm who would have thunk it?  |
As someone who makes his living from the automotive industry, I would like to correct your statement. GM is halting production on the Volt for five weeks. GM is not stopping production of the Volt. The Volt is one of the key products in the GM portfolio, and there is a lot of investment in this product.
The controversy surrounding the battery safety definitely had an impact on the sales. However, GM is hopeful that as more time goes by that the Volt will have a strong comeback. I think that many people have a wait and see attitude on the Volt.
While times of inventory adjustments (temporary production halts) are common, no one ever wants to see a manufacturing site shut down. Almost all products in the GM inventory have had an inventory adjustment at one time. Instead of ridicule, I would ask that you think about the workers at the Detroit Hamtramck site and also at the Brownstown Battery Plant.
http://www.freep.com/article/2012030...on-for-5-weeks