The government committed to buy a certain amount of Volts and so did General Electric. It's estimated that there are government subsidies of $250,000 per car.
https://jalopnik.com/report-every-chevy-volt-has-over-250-00...
https://jalopnik.com/report-every-chevy-volt-has-over-250-00...
>So, yeah. The maximum price-per-vehicle for a Chevy Volt is $250,000 per vehicle — right now — if you make all the most pessimistic assumptions and the government hands over all their grant/subsidy money to companies who don't meet the goals built into the programs.
And this particular article was written in 2011.