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Maybe the Bolt was a loss-leader meant to make GM look good, rather than a serious product?
by Brakenshire 8y ago
Maybe the Bolt was a loss-leader meant to make GM look good, rather than a serious product?
- mmt 8y agoIf I had to make a cynical guess, I'd say it's for CAFE standards.
- stephengillie 8y agoGM may not be the only one. Other commenters have made a similar claim about the i3 in this thread - that BMW don't want to sell many. Ford abandoned the sedan market, as they couldn't make money on small, efficient cars. (This is something that Henry Ford Jr told Lee Iacoca in the 1970s, according to Iacoca's autobiography - they'll never make money on small cars.) Toyota is converting their fleet to hybrids to meet these standards. Nissan has been pushing the Leaf for several years, alongside a temporary Altima hybrid. Chrysler has the Pacifica, a plug-in hybrid van.