Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Stuff a crappy electric car down the public's throat and you will be ignored in favor of space, practicality, utility and performance. Convenience and style might play a factor as well.
Get a load of these high VOLTage numbers:
July Sales Soar to 125 Units!
So, what would a government run company do in response to that undeniably tepid market reaction?
Since introduction last year, the marque has sold 2700 cars total. So that means increase production to 5000 per month! Yep, that's double the sales for the last eight months and 40 times the most recent monthly sales.
I guess the strategy is that if you've got a thousand on the dealer's lot they will displace the inventory that the public seeks to buy and therefore you will choose one by default.
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And thus we see the failure inherent in a "Command Economy" Expensive cars no one wants but the Government mandates.
Volts are not selling well because everyone is holding back for the release of Terrafugia Transition and the Rutan Pod. LOL.
The Flying Barrister
Imma beat me to it.
It's the Kommand Ekonomy, comrade, coming to a dealership near you - other industries to follow (wink, wink).
Yeah, that model worked so well in Moscow and Leningrad...
I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you, that there are no Ladas or Zils for sale on eBay Motors.
According to Statemaster.com, there are 196,165,666 licensed drivers in the U.S., of which, probably 196,162,966 are resistant to driving the Chevy electric car.
But, to be charitable, let's say that the acceptance rate is double what's been sold, and restate the resistance rate at 196,160,266.
Volts/resistance = 0.000013764 amps. As in: This car doesn't have enough amps to power a six-speaker system to faithfully reproduce No More Mr. Nice Guy.
Pity.
And volts x amps = 0.0371628 watts.
As in: WTH would cause someone to consider buying one of these albatrosses?
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