My Volt Is On the Assembly Line Today!

[Raymondjram]

The National Geographic Channel had a "Ultimate Factories" special on the first assembled pre-production Volts, but they were for GM testing. I wish that NG would do a follow-up on tjhe full production line next month, and have the new show on their channel by December. They did have an excellent showing of the Corvette line a few days ago. Just use Yahoo TV or Titan TV to check for next showings.

[VoltGuy]

Just heard from Jeffery. I have deleted his email address and cell phone number....sorry.

Here is what he said:

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Your Volt is now in the Paint Shop, it is not unusual to spend several days in the paint shop.

Jeffrey
QE - Value Added Assemblers
Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly

[Lon]

Congrats!
I am now at 3000, I'm not sure what the delivery date is.
Lon

[ClarksonCote]

I was asking about the VIN number and got this note back from Jeffery.

"The VIN will be assigned when the vehicle leaves the paint shop and is scheduled into the system for General Assembly. May take a few days."

This means to me they are not up to full speed (5 days to complete) on the line yet. Does anyone else have information on how "the line" works and can better explain what is going on?

Jerry

Hey Jerry,

My advisor said that the VIN number is assigned in pieces as the vehicle moves down the assembly line. For example, she said that if I'm about halfway through assembly, then about half my VIN number has been generated. Going forward, she said she'll be able to use that as a metric to guage where my Volt is in the production process, when it starts being produced.

Hope this helps.

[VoltGuy]

That is some great feedback. We will get this all figured out one piece at a time.

Jerry