The True Cost of a Volt

"Since 2012 production will be scaled back if early sales are disappointing, it might be more logical to add the subsidies to the first 10,000 units only, which would leave early adopters outside of California paying $33,500 for a car which actually costs $81,000 per unit, with taxpayers picking up the remainder."
http://www.bizzyblog.com/2010/08/02/the-true-cost-of-a-volt/