Comments on: Chevy Volt Officially Priced At $41,000*

By: SubHero

SubHero — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:38:03 +0000

After seeing that assembly line video released by GM where several workers and pointless amounts of assembly stations were used to attach couple of bells & whistles to an already pre-manufactured battery, all of which could have been done by one man on a single table, I'm not surprised at the somewhat bloated price.

Also the Tesla Model S is going to be $56,400 that also qualifies for the $7,500 federal tax credit. So I wouldn't see the Volt as overpriced, its price is actually perfect in the the starting electric vehicle market. This is just the beginning (hopefully) and prices are going to be steep for early adopters. Currently the main cost bearing is the extremely expensive battery. With time advancements in technology and a more mature manufacturing in mass quantities will lower the cost of both batteries and electric (or Volt like) cars as a whole. …again, hopefully.

By: sario27

sario27 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:16:25 +0000

If I had the money I'd get the car. That is just what is sad about trying to “go green”. It is so expensive. I mean solar chargers are over priced, kinetic energy chargers are over priced. Why save the planet when for half the cost I can get something that works and works right. If they really would like to “save the earth” lower the cost of “going green”.

By: Ranjan Abraham

Ranjan Abraham — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:09:02 +0000

very cool, just not 41k cool.

By: msisaac

msisaac — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:37:50 +0000

That price is so ridiculous. It's like GM just has no desire to see an electric car succeed. It's no wonder these idiots have fallen so far behind the import market. Honda would produce the same car and charge $25k.

By: Jason Curtis

Jason Curtis — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:52:42 +0000

'I just hope GM has solved that rumored issue where touching the Volt in the wrong place causes the car to dramatically lose acceleration.'
that's the iPhone, silly!