If wait patiently for inventory of distributor of the 2011 Chevy Volt build before buying one, will have to wait a little longer. Chevrolet has announced a four-week its Detroit-Hamtramck plant closing, beginning in June, ramp to increase production of Chevy Volt and Opel series models. The plant will receive new tools, up-to-date equipment and a system of General transport is expected to increase productivity. He is expected that the Hamtramck plant has the capacity to produce 60,000 volts and series models in 2012, some 45,000 which will go to the United States. The 2013 Chevy Malibu will be also produced in the plant, along with other GM models.
When production resumes, the plant will have capacity to produce 16,000 volts in 2011, which will go a long way toward filling demand and provide dealers with test sets. Initially, the Volt was only offered for sale in California, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia and Washington, D.C.. However, at the end of 2011, the Volt will be available to consumers from across the country and the series Opel will begin to send to dealers in the EU and China.
Since its launch in late 2010, Chevy has sold 2,029 volts until April. That's nearly double Nissan Leafs sold to date, but Nissan delivered Leafs more customers than Chevy Volt last month. Chevy insists that the demand for the Volt is still high, and that the limiting factor has been the production. What we know with certainty once GM completes the upgrade of the Hamtramck plant and Chevy reports in its August sales figures.
