Posted on 07/27/2010 12:04:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
DETROIT — The Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in car capable of driving about 40 miles at a time on battery power without using any gasoline, will have a sticker price of $41,000 before a $7,500 federal tax credit, General Motors said Tuesday.
G.M. will also lease the Volt for $350 a month in the hopes of attracting consumers who want lower monthly payments or would hesitate to buy the vehicle until they are more comfortable with its technology.
The carmaker has begun taking orders for the Volt, using the Web site to direct consumers to a participating dealer. Dealers in selected states, including California, New York and Michigan, are scheduled to begin receiving the vehicle in November.
G.M. had kept the Volt’s price a secret since introducing the model as a concept more than three years ago, though executives had hinted that it would cost about $40,000. The price is considerably more than the Nissan Leaf, a pure electric car that goes on sale for $32,780 in December, but G.M. insists the Volt is a better value.
“You can drive it cross country, and our competition can’t do that,” Joel Ewanick, G.M.’s vice president for United States marketing, said. Nissan’s Leaf is expected to have a range of about 100 miles on a battery charge. The Volt has a small gasoline engine — which will require premium fuel, G.M. said Tuesday — that will give the car a total range of about 340 miles and allow drivers to fill up at a gas station if they cannot immediately charge the battery.
Both G.M. and Nissan are counting on the government’s $7,500 tax credit for plug-in cars to go a long way toward making their vehicles more affordable.
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Perhaps some enterprising type could create and sell a gas conversion for these cars. The irony would be delicious.
hang on, it runs 40 miles ONLY and costs 40 grand, anyone would have to be a total nut buying one just like buying and riving one of those so called smart cars which are not smart to drive at all and actually make the person look really really dumb and stupid.
Shhhh...the secret is government unicorns on treadmills.
Like giving it a range that isn’t a complete joke?
Or telling us how to charge the batteries when Stroker tells us that the price of electricity is going to necessarily skyrocket?
Or what happens when the batteries crap out and have to be replaced?
Or, how I am going to load a ton of wood and sheetrock into it?
I’ll stick with my truck, thank you very much.
I couldn’t even make it to work and back.
Brilliant - let’s make cars the average working Joe can’t afford. They are such morons.
I think I will be the contrarian on this one.
If the question is “If you had the money would you buy...?” the answer is Yes.
I was one of those guys (”fools”, if you will) who 30 years ago was buying CP/M computers at $3,000 with 64K of RAM. Innovators and early adopters drive technology improvements with their investment in technology early in its life. Without them, technology doesn’t advance.
If the question was “In your current circumstance, would you buy...?” the answer is No.
Thanks...I thought it came from lightning bugs..
I hear ya!
40 miles wouldn’t get the job done. Maybe if there were charging stations at the Wife’s work but, not for me.
$41,000? For that I could move to Costa Rica,
live like a KING, deep sea fishing, and pay
someone else to drive me around for YEARS.
40 miles at a time? Be still my beating heart...
reminds of the fool I met who got a prius.
When I asked her why she got it she said she wanted to save money on gas.
I asked her how much she bought for it and she said she is paying 200 a month for a few years.
Asked if her older car was bought off she replied yes it was she owed nothing.
so let me get this right, she put herself into debt over 20 grand to save a few pennies on gas.
that is the thinking behind these far left nuts today
Forty miles? I’d have to stop and charge just to
get into town!!!
I’ll never buy a goobermint motors product
Hell no, no way, no how, ever at any price!
I can buy a nice $30k car and run it about 100,000 miles on the difference and that doesn’t even consider the higher electirc bill and battery milage limitations. Do the math yourself.
Good to see you take care of your son while he is taking care of us. I thank him for his service. Hope he enjoyed his leave.
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