The Chevy VOLT

[jfssms]

Maybe Volt sales aren't so brisk http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/02/volt-gm-suspend-jobs_n_1317263.html

My dad owns one, he likes it.

 

[Hobbes]

Ralph Nader says the chevy corvair is Unsafe At Any Speed.

But I don't know. I'm not sure Nader is an unbiased judge of car quality.

 

[p238shooter]

Would it be appropriate to ask if Obama is better qualified to change our whole way of life? Probably not.

 

[Hobbes]

Hmmm.....

Eric Bolling, Ralph Nader, Obama

I think I'll pass.

 

[Hobbes]

I can't afford a volt.

Not ever having to visit the gas station again sounds really appealing.
I absolutely despise filling up at the gas station.
For one thing, in the winter is usually cold and the colder it is the slower the gasoline flows. The wind is bad too.
For another thing, I feel kind of vulnerable standing at a gas station pump at night. I've seen too many videos of people mugged at gas pumps.

I can afford a CNG powered car and that eliminate the need to visit the pump too because I could fill it in the garage at night just like the volt.
But now I moved to the country and I don't have natural gas anymore.

 

[p238shooter]

I do own an electric "car" but I only purchased it because it was the year before I retired and it would most likely the last opportunity I would have to take the tax rebates available. While it is functional, I can see no way it is efficient, or non polluting to a point that is significant with all the mumbo jumbo of producing it. If I keep it for a while a new set of batteries will be outrageous. When technology gets to a point where they can be priced to be self sufficient without a tax break or rebate, then we might have something to look at from an economic point of view. I paid in more than my fair share of taxes many years to pay for my rebate, but not enough to pay for parts of everyone elses. The whole tax system needs cleaned out and let the market work on technology.

 

[Hobbes]

I do own an electric "car" but I only purchased it because it was the year before I retired and it would most likely the last opportunity I would have to take the tax rebates available. While it is functional, I can see no way it is efficient, or non polluting to a point that is significant with all the mumbo jumbo of producing it. If I keep it for a while a new set of batteries will be outrageous. When technology gets to a point where they can be priced to be self sufficient without a tax break or rebate, then we might have something to look at from an economic point of view. I paid in more than my fair share of taxes many years to pay for my rebate, but not enough to pay for parts of everyone elses. The whole tax system needs cleaned out and let the market work on technology.

I'm glad you "got your money back" in tax credits.

 

[p238shooter]

Thank you, actually I did not get any money back, but I only had to pay in about 97% of what I usually paid in in taxes for that one year.

 

[AKguy1985]

IT'S ALL PART OF THE GRAND PLAN..!!!!
Eric Bolling test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors.

For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine. Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the battery. So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh battery is approximately 270 miles. It will take you 4 1/2 hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.

According to General Motors, the Volt battery holds 16 kwh of electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery. The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I looked up what I pay for electricity. I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh. 16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery. $18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery.

Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine only that gets 32 mpg.

$3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile. The gasoline powered car costs about $15,000 while the Volt costs $46,000.

So Obama wants us to pay 3 times as much for a car that costs more that 7 time as much to run and takes 3 times as long to drive across country.

REALLY?

My civic gets better mileage with corn gas.

 

[tRidiot]

Heck my crappy Tahoe costs $0.23 per mile at $3.69/gallon right now. Heck of a lot better than paying for the electricity to run that thing!