HappySqurriel said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1#Costs One industry official said that each EV1 cost the company about US$80,000, including research, development and other associated costs;[57] other estimates placed the vehicle's actual cost as high as $100,000.[1] Bob Lutz, GM Vice Chairman responsible for the Chevrolet Volt, in November 2011 stated the EV1 cost $250,000 each and leased for just $300 per month Gigantic conspiracy to prevent GM from selling a $250,000 car for $33,000 ...
Today the Chevy Volt has a production cost of $89,000 and is selling for (roughly) $40,000 meaning GM loses (roughly) $50,000 on the sale of every car (http://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2012/09/10/stunner-gm-may-be-losing-50000-on-each-chevrolet-volt/)
Once again THERE IS NO CONSPIRACY, ALTERNATIVES ARE JUST NOT COST EFFECTIVE ... |
Allright so preventing hundreds of people from renewing their leasing contract (as you said $300 a month with no cost to GM) and then crushing all those totally working almost brand new cars instead of selling them to the former leasers that offered a ton of money to GM is very very cost effective!
They just wanted people to forget that car existed and thats why they lost money on purpose. They have no interest in creating a car that runs like a charm doesnt need replacement parts and has no use for fuel. But whatever keep dreaming your dream xD
Again it is a conspiracy when they start to lie about what happened etc.
BTW. They didnt say "Its to expensive to make this car" back in the day because that was not the issue (The issue was the LAW that would force them to pay even higher penalty charges so making the cars was cheaper than not making them. So the COST argument makes no sense in that situation)
They were successful in overturning the law and after that was done they removed all the EV1s so the people would forget about them . They ignored that the already built VE1 would make them some money because people would keep leasing them and they also ignored the cheque offered by former EV1 "owners" in favor of long term profit by selling "sabotaged" cars that need more repairs and replacement parts.
