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aerohead · 05-08-2010, 03:44 PM

The 1995 Peugeot 106 EV was constructed on the same assembly line as the gasoline-powered 106.
The EV version sold at a price premium of $6,000,$19,000 vs $13,000.
This was at a production volume of 4,000 units/year.
At a production volume of 40,000-50,000 units/year the 106 EV would cost same as gasoline car,$13,000.
Had GM put the Impact body on the Saturn SC,and mass-produced the EV-1,at 50,000 units/year,Saturn could have sold the two cars side by side,a 80-mpg HWY SC,and the plug-in EV,both at the same price.
At 2-3 EV-1s per week,GM valued the cars at $ 500,000 each.
The Bugatti EB 110 was selling at the same time at $378,000.
The Rolls-Royce Bentley Java was slated to sell at $150,000.
Honda created an Accord Station Wagon from the sedan with a change of 74 components out of 3,000.
Chrysler created a 2-dr coupe out of the Neon 4-dr by changing 4-parts.
For 1994,the average cost to produce an automobile in the U.S. was $8,770.
GM's ave. profit for the Caprice/Roadmaster/and Caddilac variant was $6,000-$8,000.
GM's ave. profit on a Suburban was $10,000.

05-08-2010, 03:44 PM	#43 (permalink)
aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,330 Thanks: 24,452 Thanked 7,393 Times in 4,788 Posts	EV-1 for $19,000-$13,000 The 1995 Peugeot 106 EV was constructed on the same assembly line as the gasoline-powered 106. The EV version sold at a price premium of $6,000,$19,000 vs $13,000. This was at a production volume of 4,000 units/year. At a production volume of 40,000-50,000 units/year the 106 EV would cost same as gasoline car,$13,000. Had GM put the Impact body on the Saturn SC,and mass-produced the EV-1,at 50,000 units/year,Saturn could have sold the two cars side by side,a 80-mpg HWY SC,and the plug-in EV,both at the same price. At 2-3 EV-1s per week,GM valued the cars at $ 500,000 each. The Bugatti EB 110 was selling at the same time at $378,000. The Rolls-Royce Bentley Java was slated to sell at $150,000. Honda created an Accord Station Wagon from the sedan with a change of 74 components out of 3,000. Chrysler created a 2-dr coupe out of the Neon 4-dr by changing 4-parts. For 1994,the average cost to produce an automobile in the U.S. was $8,770. GM's ave. profit for the Caprice/Roadmaster/and Caddilac variant was $6,000-$8,000. GM's ave. profit on a Suburban was $10,000.