Posted on 03/26/2012 8:44:44 AM PDT by jazusamo
The nice thing about a catastrophic failure like the Volt is that GM can probably replace charging cords for all 9,500 Volts for less that it costs to write the press release on the repair.
The Chevy Volt, you can drive it or heat your home with it. </sarc>
“Let’s use the taxpayer’s money to buy off the media.”
“God, I love this country.”
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Who has an “experience” when charging something electrical?
I just plug the charger cord into my cell phone - perhaps I'm missing an experience here?
What can I do to have a real experience?....:^)
I am no electrician, but I know when a power cord heats up that thing is sucking down energy like crazy
I have a welder that doesn’t heat the cord.
What is it costing a month to charge one of those expensive golf carts.
Remember the gas engines they retrofitted to diesel in the early 'eighties? They were 20,000 mile engines. And when they failed, it was the owner's fault.
Not only that, but the reputation of those GM converted diesels killed the market here, and is a big reason other makers won't offer there diesels in the US market.
You’re correct. A power cord that heats up is not heavy enough for the ampere being used and that heat is wasted energy. For GM to have said it was the owners problem was ridiculous
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