Re:Ford and VW Agree to Share Costs of Self-Driving and Elec...
by codeulike on Friday July 12, 2019 @05:47PM
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"GM stands to lose $9000 per car on chevy bolt" (2016)
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/30/gm-stands-to-lose-9000-dolla...
GM Finally Admits That Chevrolet Bolt Was Never Profitable (2019)
https://www.hotcars.com/gm-admits-bolt-not-profitable/
Thats why they didn't try very hard to sell them in the USA or anywhere else.
Re:Ford and VW Agree to Share Costs of Self-Driving and Elec...
by codeulike on Friday July 12, 2019 @01:04PM
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They didn't try very hard to sell them in the USA is what I meant
Re:Ford and VW Agree to Share Costs of Self-Driving and Elec...
by benj111 on Friday July 12, 2019 @11:48AM
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Its not vapour ware no, but if you don't have an option to buy it...
The parent said "so its not on my radar, and they didn't bother trying to sell any" which is true, and from my reading, fairly neutral.
That's not really fair. You can't buy a Renault Zoe in my country (US), even though it is by most accounts a great electric car. I don't get to ignore their entire lineup, just because they don't happen to sell them here -- the world is bigger than any one particular country.
The Bolt is quite good, it's highly competitive against modern EVs, and the only reason it's sold "at loss" is because they sell out instantly, and can't make more of them fast enough to fulfill all demand -- a problem they are actively trying to fix https://electrek.co/2018/07/03/gm-increasing-chevy-bolt-ev-p...