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Bob Lutz on the real cost to make the Chevy Volt, Reuters article "preposterous"

National Green Transportation

On Monday, Reuters published an article claiming that each Chevy Volt cost GM $89,000 to manufacture, meaning that GM was eating $49k per Volt sold. That article cited a report prepared for Reuters by an "analyst,&quot.

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New Circuit Board Can Charge 400-Volt EV Batteries Directly From Solar Panels

CleanTechnica EVs

In a past article, I went through some of the interesting projects people were pursuing for solar cars. In this article, I want to let readers know about a cool project that is making it easier for anyone to have an […]. While functional, and even useful in some cases, some solar experiments were rather unelegant.

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Bob Lutz on the real cost to make the Chevy Volt, Reuters article "preposterous"

National Green Transportation

On Monday, Reuters published an article claiming that each Chevy Volt cost GM $89,000 to manufacture, meaning that GM was eating $49k per Volt sold. That article cited a report prepared for Reuters by an "analyst,&quot.

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More diesel drama, Bolt EV plant info, whiskey for fuel, Volt crossover coming? Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, our missing plug-in Mini review, some rumors on future Chevrolet Volts, a new Volvo crossover, and much more diesel drama. We updated our article on the Bolt EV production shutdown to reflect information added by a worker at the Orion Assembly Plant where it's built. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Bob Lutz: Huge Chevy Volt Cost Estimates Are Wrong, Here's Why

Green Car Reports

Yesterday, we ran a story sourced through Reuters, asking how much money GM was losing on every Chevy Volt it builds. The Reuters article was based on figures from several Michigan-based industry analysts, claiming that Chevy might be losing up to $49,000 on every Volt it makes.

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Chevy Volt Vs Mitsubishi i-MiEV: This Volt Uses Less Gas Than Electric Car, Data Shows

Green Car Reports

When I traded in my 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car for a 2014 Chevrolet Volt, I wrote an article with the bold prediction that I would now use less gasoline even though my new car has a gasoline engine. Fuel Economy Range-Extended Electric Vehicle'

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GM’s Volt Program = $700m

Revenge of the Electric Car

GM to invest $700m in Volt rechargeable electric car. Here is the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. GM to invest $700m in Volt rechargeable electric car. The Volt is an electric car designed to drive up to 40 miles on electricity without using gasoline or producing tailpipe emissions.

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