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G.M. Puts $41,000 Price Tag on the Volt (If you had the money, would you buy?)
New York Times ^
| 07/27/2010
| Nick Bunkley
Posted on 07/27/2010 12:04:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
What an ugly reVOLTING car.
To: Howie66
I like the custom built golf carts much better... besides a golf cart with a roof like the Volt is useless !!!!
102
posted on
07/27/2010 12:48:28 PM PDT
by
maddog55
(OBAMA, Why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
To: brytlea
Once these things become mandatory to own under the Obama Regime, we’ll hear about the evils of BIG ELECTRIC!
103
posted on
07/27/2010 12:49:00 PM PDT
by
JenB987
(I'm still an American and 'til they take that away from me there's no day ruined. - El Rushbo)
To: central_va
At 12 cents a kilowatt hour the calculation might work like this:Two bad assumptions. 100% efficiency in the charging process and the actual cost of the electricity. I pulled this table out of the SDG&E web page for residential rates. If you are charging that car daily, you'll be bumping your rates up. At 131% of baseline, your rate doubles. That puts the price even with gasoline, but with poorer performance by every useful measure including range and initial acquisition cost.
Residential Electric Rate
|
Tiers
|
Total standard electric rates per kWh
|
|
|
Summer
|
Winter |
Baseline * |
Tier 1 |
13¢ |
13¢ |
101% to 130% of baseline |
Tier 2 |
15¢ |
15¢ |
131% to 200% of baseline |
Tier 3 |
27¢ |
26¢ |
Above 200% of baseline |
Tier 4 |
29¢ |
28¢ |
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posted on
07/27/2010 12:51:19 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: tet68
Yep. Call me when they add another *zero* to that total.
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posted on
07/27/2010 12:52:27 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
To: nascarnation
Hell, you shoulda changed the clutch on my Mustang - I needed about 5 different tools just to reach the bolts, let alone drop the trans. :)
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posted on
07/27/2010 12:54:31 PM PDT
by
bill1952
(Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
To: Larry - Moe and Curly
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.I still have a couple H8 computers around that boot CP/M, HDOS or UCSD Pascal. They were expensive at the time, but served to launch a whole new career.
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posted on
07/27/2010 12:55:17 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: SeekAndFind
G.M. Puts $41,000 Price Tag on the Volt (If you had the money, would you buy?)
I have and I won't! 40 miles in AZ won't get you to the next town.
108
posted on
07/27/2010 12:57:08 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: RavenATB
Damned expensive way to express your narcissism.AND environmentalism....
109
posted on
07/27/2010 1:01:13 PM PDT
by
Born Conservative
("I'm a fan of disruptors" - Nancy Pelosi)
To: SeekAndFind
oh boy - a $41K Chevy Vega.
110
posted on
07/27/2010 1:06:36 PM PDT
by
Puddleglum
("due to the record harvest, rationing will continue as usual")
To: ken5050
I will NEVER, Never again buy anything from Government Motors
To: SeekAndFind
The wife and I both drive Dodges, and really like them (bought new from the same dealer, both at once, 3rd time). But after the bailouts, we will, as another freeper put it, be buying "Ford or foreign" in the future, and no sale or credit will change that even if they are giving them away.
No mas.
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posted on
07/27/2010 1:09:34 PM PDT
by
domeika
To: SeekAndFind
Plenty of new cars today for less than $15k that get high mileage.
At 30 MPG driving 15k miles annually, paying $4/gallon, you could get 13 years of free gas for the cost difference of $26k (without accounting for VOLTage costs).
113
posted on
07/27/2010 1:18:18 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
To: Dallas59
114
posted on
07/27/2010 1:19:12 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: SeekAndFind
If the Volt uses a small gasoline engine to keep the battery charged wouldn't a less expensive and more practical hybrid make more sense?
Note the estimated 40 miles per charge for the Volt or 100 miles for the Nissan Leaf are likely figured at moderate temperatures with no use of heaters, defrosters air conditioners, stereo system or windshield wipers. If temperatures drop below freezing range would further be reduced. Recharging the battery takes at least 30 minutes from and electrical outlet. I can't imagine anyone finding these as practical and in the northern part of the country they would be almost useless during the winter.
115
posted on
07/27/2010 1:20:19 PM PDT
by
The Great RJ
(The Bill of Rights: Another bill members of Congress haven't read.)
To: maddog55
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posted on
07/27/2010 1:22:00 PM PDT
by
Howie66
(I can see November from my house.)
To: Dallas59
What they showed...
What we get...
Actually, the production model looks like this ...
But still a far cry from the concept.
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posted on
07/27/2010 1:23:53 PM PDT
by
al_c
(http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
To: The Great RJ
I would dislike messing around with a power cord...
118
posted on
07/27/2010 1:26:32 PM PDT
by
olepap
(God help us)
To: reagan_fanatic
,
.
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posted on
07/27/2010 1:28:03 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: SeekAndFind
Someone with Al Gore's money??? Now I'd like to see if he actually puts his money where his mouth is.Al's too busy putting his money where his second chakra is...
120
posted on
07/27/2010 1:29:07 PM PDT
by
Hoffer Rand
(There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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