The Chevrolet Volt is really, really real. It’s no longer just a pipe dream from the auto manufacturer, and they’re proving their point today by announcing that they’ve begun their ordering process in participating launch markets. Basically, you’re preordering a car, but with as many other things you preorder at any given time in the year, what’s a car? Then again, when’s the last time you preordered something that cost $41,000?
Chevrolet is apparently so confident in their new electric vehicle, that they’re going to offer a new leasing program. You can get your hands on the new Volt for only $350 per month for 36 months. You’ll need to drop $2,500 when you start signing all the papers, but that’s no big deal, right? There’s a big tax credit though, but the benefit of the $7,500 tax credit is included in the reduced lease payment, with the tax credit going to the lessor.
“The Chevrolet Volt will be the best vehicle in its class…because it’s in a class by itself,” said Joel Ewanick, vice president of U.S. marketing for General Motors, who made the announcement at the Plug-In 2010 conference. “No other automaker offers an electrically driven vehicle that can be your everyday driver, to take you wherever, whenever. The Volt will be packed with premium content and innovation, standard.”
Initial availability of the Volt is going to be in California, New York, Washington, D.C., Michigan, Connecticut, Texas, and New Jersey. So, if you’re not in one of those states and you’re itching to get one of these shiny new cars, then you’ll have to prepare yourself for a road trip. And what better way to break in your new electric vehicle than a cross-country trip.