The MSRP of the Chevy Volt remains a mystery.
Despite the concept being unveiled more than 2 years ago, and the thousands of articles, comments, and interviews about it, the exact price of the car remains unknown.
GM claims they don’t know how much they will charge yet either. They say it will depend on the price of gas in November 2010 when the car is launched.
“We’re not wishing for higher petroleum costs, but the economic viability of what we’re doing only gets greater with higher fuel prices,” said Bob Kruse, GM’s director of EVs and HEVs, “$1.50 gallon gas is not helping our business case.”
Another apparently unresolved financial aspect of the car is whether the battery packs will be sold or leased to the customer. Kruse noted the possibility of separately leasing the car’s battery still remains an option.
The Volt is profoundly important to GM’s future viability. Speaking to how critical fuel cost is in the Volt equation, GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner recently went on record stating that a mandatory federal gas tax to keep gasoline at $4.00 per gallon minimum is “worthy of consideration.”
GM VP John Lauckner recently announced when we we finally know what the Chevy Volt’s MSRP will be. He said “we won’t set the price of the Volt until 6 months prior to start of production.”
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