Government agency bought some, don't you mean the tax payer's. I wouldn't be surprised either, it's not their money.

 

I was deciding between the Volt and the Ct200h and I went with the Volt. It is built well and I like it that there are not too many on the roads, which makes it unique.
The 40 miles in battery range is perfect for me and I pay less than $1 to go that range.

 

The dealer by my campus, which is right next door, had two out on the platform out front with prices listed meaning they were for sale, that were there for over a month. For a car that is supposedly supply strapped, Chico sure doesn't seem to want them.

 

I said the SAME exact thing. And it wasnt even patrol IIRC. I believe it was traffic enforcement, or maybe aux?

Edit:

Yep it was traffic enforcement


Bloomberg ordered 50 volts for nypd use.

 

I think marketing for this car is just terrible. For a car to get a $7500 tax credit and still not fly off the shelves is very telling. Remember when there was a $8000 tax credit for 1st time homebuyers? The housing market spiked. And that's for a much more sizable purchase.

Chevy needs a plan B and needs it quick. They need to market the car as a electric plug-in with a gasoline engine back-up, which is essentially how I think of it.

 

Its just too expensive to sell a lot of them.

Hopefully the next-gen Volt will drop in price considerably so that it will actually sell.

 

[QUOTE=bruce van;6717546]I think marketing for this car is just terrible. For a car to get a $7500 tax credit and still not fly off the shelves is very telling. Remember when there was a $8000 tax credit for 1st time homebuyers? The housing market spiked. And that's for a much more sizable purchase.



How did that turn out?

 

NYPD also has a bunch of Altima hybrids too.......


Pretty much all NYC Agencies have gone with hybrids for their general fleet; combinations of Prius' (most common), Escapes/Mariners, and Highlanders.

 

yeah i've seen those, but in comparison to the price of the volt, those are still reasonable.

 

If you can't bribe people to buy these things with a huge tax credit something is wrong. You would be crazy to buy a first gen, cutting edge vehicle from GM. I'm old enough to remember the Chevy Vega from the early 70's.

 

I've seen a few in the East Bay, but the Prius still rules here. And when the Prius plug-in's out(Zipcar has one lurking the streets of SF), the Volt's gonna look pale in comparison.

 

+1

pretty cool looking car IMO....and I hope it succeeds.

hard when the local UAW wants $50/hr for some guy to tighten bolts (again IMO).

 

I call bs.

 

well partially an issue was also that car doesnt have AT-PZEV rating so for instance state incentives like from CA are not available :-). GM has made an clean eco vehicle that is actually emitting more pollutants than crap load of cars on the road that are PZEV certified..lol.

Problem with Volt is that it wont make sense next year if it doesnt make sense now. It will be only worse with competition on the road... and billions that went into development will be just wasted....