Professor Jeremy Michalek from Carnegie Mellon University claims that the $35,000 asking price of the Chevrolet Volt cannot make back the monetary gains in fuel costs throughout the lifetime of the car. Hello Mr Obvious. If there's anyone here that had a short stint in any marketing survey company, they would've knew that questions, or 'answers' from surveys were often drive towards a direction where its favorable to those paying, or wanting to make an impact through certain statements.So, the clause here is "Buying a Chevrolet Volt by paying $35,000 - $40,000 will not make any benefit in terms of petrol saving was concern, over, say a Hybrid (Prius) or any moderate mid segment vehicle that does what the Volt does - Seating 5, and traveling around town with a decent boot space."
If traveling around town within 65km range of daily usage without the need to burn a single drop of petrol sounds absurd, then perhaps the Chevrolet Volt is useless. Of which when extended range is needed, the petrol engine would ignite and start pumping some electro juice into the batteries is pointless, then perhaps the Volt is.
Well, my point here is, no dumbfucks earning $1,500 USD a month who's aftering say a $16,000 Honda Jazz would buy a Chevrolet Volt to safe a potential $19,000 off his/her petrol usage for the next 7 years. That's a ridiculous hypothesis whereby that very person couldn't even afford it at the first place, and proof that this Prof Jeremy should jut STFU.
So who's Chevrolet Volt aftering? Well, almost all car buyers would go for cars with budgets first, and then only the form factors and stuffs that go on and on. Its exactly like how women bought handbags, its not likely how much it could carry, but the affordability first.
For all I care and for all I know, there will be people who instead of buying some BMW 330 fleet for their mid managerial ranking staffs (If they hadn't been laid off), could go for the Chevrolet Volt for the associated 'feel good' factor, the company's corporate image, and the presumably much lower fuel consumption costs.
And by the way Mr Professor Jeremy Whatever, Chevrolet Volt is a Hybrid as well, given that it comes with two engines, where the electric battery powered motor was meant to cut down on petrol consumption.
Source: Bloomberg
