Comments on: Volt/Cruze Engine Plant Delay Continues http://gm-volt.com/2009/01/28/voltcruze-engine-plant-delay-continues/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:22:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jeffhre http://gm-volt.com/2009/01/28/voltcruze-engine-plant-delay-continues/#comment-152369 jeffhre Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:16:05 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1497#comment-152369 Who is this Statik guy, don't see him around these parts - This was even before your gravatar, oh the good old days. Who is this Statik guy, don’t see him around these parts – This was even before your gravatar, oh the good old days.

]]> By: jeffhre http://gm-volt.com/2009/01/28/voltcruze-engine-plant-delay-continues/#comment-152368 jeffhre Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:00:46 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1497#comment-152368 "Remember that this includes dealer markup and profit for GM. In other words, GM makes money selling this at $16K" Judging by the past three years the statement above doesn't seem to ring true. It's been said many times and many ways GM makes money on trucks and SUV's, treads water on big cars and writes off red ink on small ones. “Remember that this includes dealer markup and profit for GM. In other words, GM makes money selling this at $16K”

Judging by the past three years the statement above doesn’t seem to ring true. It’s been said many times and many ways GM makes money on trucks and SUV’s, treads water on big cars and writes off red ink on small ones.

]]> By: jeffhre http://gm-volt.com/2009/01/28/voltcruze-engine-plant-delay-continues/#comment-152367 jeffhre Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:50:08 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1497#comment-152367 Rural electrification took about 19 - 20 years from when the final push for creation of the REA began; if you ignore the years from 1882 when Edison powered up his Pearl Street NYC generator station through 1933, in which the slow progress in rural electrification dictated the need for the REA in the first place. And as you say, 90% of farms had electricity in 1953 requiring still more time to complete the remaining farms. So from a start in 1882 and with special assistance through 1953 10% of rural homes and farms still did not have electricity. Rural electrification took about 19 – 20 years from when the final push for creation of the REA began; if you ignore the years from 1882 when Edison powered up his Pearl Street NYC generator station through 1933, in which the slow progress in rural electrification dictated the need for the REA in the first place. And as you say, 90% of farms had electricity in 1953 requiring still more time to complete the remaining farms.

So from a start in 1882 and with special assistance through 1953 10% of rural homes and farms still did not have electricity.

]]> By: jeffhre http://gm-volt.com/2009/01/28/voltcruze-engine-plant-delay-continues/#comment-152366 jeffhre Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:25:09 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1497#comment-152366 Sounds like TVA could be relevant again. Music to their ears? Sounds like TVA could be relevant again. Music to their ears?

]]> By: jeffhre http://gm-volt.com/2009/01/28/voltcruze-engine-plant-delay-continues/#comment-152365 jeffhre Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:21:50 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1497#comment-152365 Austria? Austria?

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