A great article in general.
A great article in general.
One key factor left out was the Volt was built on the D2XX platform. The only other car still being built on that platform was the Cruze. When the Cruze died it also took away the economy of scale that comes from building a vehicle on a shared platform. Piece prices would go up a lot going from the shared Volt + Cruze volume of 200K a year to just the Volt's 20K a year.