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If Romney wins, will the Chevrolet Volt die?
Posted on 10/22/2012 7:18:31 AM PDT by Andy from Chapel Hill
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill
If (when) Romney wins, will he shut the line forever If the president can do that, we might as well all move to Cuba where the dictator makes every industrial decision by this personal whim.
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:20:25 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("You know I'm always there for you," he told her, as he hurried out the door.)
To: Andy from Chapel Hill
For all intensive purposes....it’s already dead.
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:21:11 AM PDT
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
To: SumProVita; Andy from Chapel Hill
For all intensive purposes....its already dead.
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:23:13 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(If there is ever another revolution, we need to decorate telephone poles with the MSM.)
To: Andy from Chapel Hill
RE: If Romney wins, will the Chevrolet Volt die?
Does pulling tax payer money out of a business mean that the business dies?
Well, the answer is this — If they produce a car that people WANT, they’ll thrive. If not, they deserve to die.
In which case, why not focus your resources on building something people WANT?
To: Andy from Chapel Hill
I think the Chevy Volt will die regardless of who wins. There isn’t enough of a demand for a $40k car that goes 35 miles on a charge.
If the markets are allowed to work, the Volt will die. Only when battery technology makes a great leap in storage capacity, cost, and speed to charge will it be viable.
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:23:43 AM PDT
by
PDGearhead
(Obama's lack of citizenship)
To: Andy from Chapel Hill
Don’t forget to factor in that a little after 10 years (depending on your usage,) you’ll wind up having to replace the entire battery. At current prices, that’s about $3,000 plus labor.
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:23:49 AM PDT
by
Renderofveils
(My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
To: SumProVita
"For all intensive purposes..."
What in the world does that mean?
To: Renderofveils
I don’t think I’d put $3000 in a 10- year-old car, anyway, I heard battery replacement was $19,000.
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:26:32 AM PDT
by
FrankR
(They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
To: diogenes ghost
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:26:42 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: Andy from Chapel Hill
He doesn’t have to shut the line. Nor should he have the authority to do so.
But, he can instruct Federal agencies to spend their money efficiently, so the military or embassies don’t throw away their budget on overpriced Volts. GM can then decide if the production line is worth keeping open.
To: FrankR
I dont think Id put $3000 in a 10- year-old car, anyway, I heard battery replacement was $19,000.
It'll vary, price-wise. If you've got salvageable cells, it's going to be around the $3k mark. If you've got to replace all four cell modules (about $1.4k each) you're looking around $8-9k.
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:28:44 AM PDT
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Renderofveils
(My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
To: Tax-chick
I think a lot of FReepers are going to be rather disappointed at how many of the green fantasies keep rolling along fueled by taxpayer dollars.
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:28:50 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: diogenes ghost
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:28:53 AM PDT
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SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
To: Andy from Chapel Hill
The Volt has already committed suicide...
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:29:57 AM PDT
by
moovova
(I work well with others, as long as they leave me alone.)
To: Renderofveils
That doesn’t sound too bad to me.
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:30:16 AM PDT
by
Hildy
(F"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates)
To: Andy from Chapel Hill
“I have Time of Use electric power billing and pay only $0.055 per KWH”
My electric rates are double that.
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:30:28 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
(Obamacare, the final nail in the US coffin.)
To: Tax-chick
Obama’s car czar fast-tracked the Volt and sidelined the small V-8 Duramax Clean Diesel engine for the pick=up truck line.
Given how much GM owes to the Government and how Obama set the Czar precedent, I have no doubt that a Romney White House could reach into GM and rearrange their priorities.
Also, there is a lot of talk that GM will need a restructuring to survive long-term. The terms and conditions of the Government’s ownership will be on the table. That is another opportunity for Romney to influence spending money on premature projects.
To: Andy from Chapel Hill
Could be worth big money someday.
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:32:02 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(I smell DESPERATION in the air.)
To: SumProVita; diogenes ghost
simply an uneducated person’s mishearing of the idiom. A malapropism.
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posted on
10/22/2012 7:34:21 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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