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SparkE.Thanks for reading my post.The post starts with "in my opinion" or "no facts here, just hot air".The comments to the press that I referred to were the ones by VP of product development Mark Reuss. You do not need to read between the lines when he talks about the things GM needs to do to be the first to make money on an BEV to understand that they are not making money on the Bolt. One of the two things is controlling costs (bring manufacturing in-house). I am not able to find the original interview but wonder why it was done in the first place. Unusual for an Exec to want to tell the world what you need to do in order to make money from your next battery electric car for everyone. (Maybe just because he was on the way to the bank to cash in $2.5 million in GM stocks. Sorry, could not help it. I have no access to Mr. Reuss' bank account, just read it in the news.)To guess the number of Bolts to be made in 2017 I looked at the monthly sales report posted at many sites and multiplied by 3. (4384 x 3 = 13152). Then I added a bit for maybe increased production/sales for the US and a bit for sales to Canada, Korea and Europe. In Canada I have an order that GM accepted over 4 months ago for a car they promised to produce. I hope that I will see a car in 2017. Maybe, maybe not. GM does not seem to be in a rush to make Bolts.
SparkE.
Thanks for reading my post.
The post starts with "in my opinion" or "no facts here, just hot air".
The comments to the press that I referred to were the ones by VP of product development Mark Reuss. You do not need to read between the lines when he talks about the things GM needs to do to be the first to make money on an BEV to understand that they are not making money on the Bolt. One of the two things is controlling costs (bring manufacturing in-house). I am not able to find the original interview but wonder why it was done in the first place. Unusual for an Exec to want to tell the world what you need to do in order to make money from your next battery electric car for everyone. (Maybe just because he was on the way to the bank to cash in $2.5 million in GM stocks. Sorry, could not help it. I have no access to Mr. Reuss' bank account, just read it in the news.)
To guess the number of Bolts to be made in 2017 I looked at the monthly sales report posted at many sites and multiplied by 3. (4384 x 3 = 13152). Then I added a bit for maybe increased production/sales for the US and a bit for sales to Canada, Korea and Europe. In Canada I have an order that GM accepted over 4 months ago for a car they promised to produce. I hope that I will see a car in 2017. Maybe, maybe not. GM does not seem to be in a rush to make Bolts.
