雅思阅读:Difference Engine: Volt farce
FOR General Motors, a good deal of the companys recovery from its brush with bankruptcy is riding on the Chevrolet Volt , its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle launched a year ago. Not that GM expects the sleek four-seater to be a cash cow. Indeed, the car company loses money on every one it makes. But the $41,000 Chevy Volt is a halo car designed to show the world what GM is capable of, and to lure customers into dealers showroomsto marvel at the vehicles ingenious technology and its fuel economy of 60 miles per gallon and then to drive off in one or other of GMs bread-and-butter models.
So, it is no surprise that GM should bend over backwards to mollify customers concerned by recent news of the Volts lithium-ion battery catching fire following crash tests. GM is offering to loan cars to Volt owners worried about their vehicles safety while an official investigation is underway and modifications made if deemed necessary. The company has
Even offered to buy vehicles back from owners who have lost confidence in the technology. There have not been many takers. As of December 5th, fewer than three dozen ownersout of 6,400 Volts sold to date in North Americahad requested loan cars. And only a couple of dozen had asked for their Volts to be bought back. At a suitable price, your correspondent would have welcomed the chance to buy one of those secondhand buy-backs for himself, had they not already been snapped up by employees. Dan Akerson, GMs chief executive, is believed to have bought one for his wife.
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