# Chevy Volt pricing

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-volt-pricing/50528
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [June 24, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-volt-pricing/50528 "2008-06-24T11:28:02Z")
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### Author: ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-volt-pricing/50528/70 "2008-06-26T17:20:10Z")

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> [@BigRon](#):
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> The Volt never drives on gasoline, the gas engine is a generator for the batteries. Atleast that is how I understand it.
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> The VW is a different animal all together.

True, but people don’t care about that. What people care about is “hey, I can drive 40 miles on battery alone, and that could save me a whole bunch of money as long as the car doesn’t cost 40k like the Volt”.

The goober has a good point about doing this on an existing platform to save money.

I was predicting the Volt to be the car that saved GM, when it was at 30k plus tax incentives, but I expected them to at least turn some profit. At 40k plus tax incentives selling at a loss it’s just another item to put in the debits column of GM’s financials.

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