Kelly, a car dealer in Erie, Pa., who also happens to represent his district in Congress, said in a 2011 hearing on fuel efficiency ratings that he fired a guy at his Chevy dealership who ordered the Electric Volt. Kelly claimed the Volt sells poorly and is overpriced
"When you look at this, it makes absolutely ** sense," Kelly said during hearings on government fuel eco**my ratings last year. "I can stock a Chevy Cruze, which is about a $17,500 car and turns every 30 to 40 days out of inventory … or I can have a [$45,763] Volt, which never turns and creates **thing for me on the lot except interest costs." Read more...