Taxpayer-Funded Chevy Volt Used as Lure to Sell Cruzes

Taxpayer-Funded Chevy Volt Used as Lure to Sell Cruzes:

Many reports have surfaced recently confirming the "bait and switch" strategy of General Motors whereby consumers are lured into showrooms to view the much-hyped Chevy Volt only to be switched to a Chevy Cruze. Edmunds' Insideline quotes GM North American President,

Mark Reuss, as stating that the Volt's "technical halo" is a more important benefit to GM than sales of the vehicle itself. The article goes on to confirm that Reuss believes that production of a Cadillac version of the Volt will spur sales of conventional Caddy vehicles as well.

None of the articles that I have read on the subject question the ethical issues of a corporation receiving taxpayer funds to produce "green" vehicles only to have that money go towards benefiting sales of conventional vehicles.

The cost to taxpayers on green vehicle production has been in the billions of dollars as grants and low interest loans.....
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