Posted on 01/10/2015 2:04:06 PM PST by jazusamo
DETROIT — General Motors plans to start selling an affordable electric car in 2017 that will be able to go 200 miles on a single charge.
A person briefed on the matter told The Associated Press that GM plans to start selling a $30,000 battery powered family car called the Chevrolet Bolt sometime in 2017.
A concept version of the car will be unveiled Monday at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, according to the person, who asked not to be identified because the official announcement hasn't been made.
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“Oh, look Hun. A dumpster fire on wheels.”
Oh only 30K?
That changes everything!
Moderately priced ....at 30k
I hear you. A $30K car is now considered “moderately priced?”
Jeep drivers dying in gas tank fires 18 months into recall
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-jeep09-20150109-story.html
Average selling price for a new vehicle in 2014 was a tick over $32k.
Gasoline Pump Source
The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.214.
Source: US Energy Information Administration
Government Motors has to do better than that.
My Dodge Ram truck was purchased as new (300 mi) for 13K
Another freaking oversize golf cart.
We were coming home in the drizzling rain a few nights ago and encountered a long line of cars backed up through a school zone. The speed limit is reduced to 20mph when children are present, but it was 5:30 PM.
When we finally got passed the school zone the traffic began to break apart as people found gaps in the opposing lane of traffic and passed the car blocking the flow. When we finally got to the front of the queue what we found to have been holding everyone to 19 MPH was a Nissan leaf creeping along with wipers barely going and lights looking dim. He was over in the bike lane as much he felt safe because he probably couldn’t see well.
People blasted by laying on their horns and blinking their lights. I felt a bit sorry for the guy. But, I sure his frustration at the moment was supplanted by smug arrogance once he got to the co-op to sip a latte and tell his story of his encounter with Fox news haters while working to save the earth.
I grew up in the high sierras and we were taught to always keep our tank topped off so if we encountered trouble we would be able to run the car and keep warm with lights on for safety until help arrived. For that reason alone, it will be along time before I consider one of these latest fads in personal travel. But for the folks content to live in urban centers; GOD Bless their little hearts. At least they feel good when they lay their heads on their pillows.
Addendum: We have a neighbor with a Leaf. She was not happy to learn that all those charging stations at retail centers and city facilities require charge cards to operate. She thought driving her car would be absolutely free after purchase.
How many miles before it bursts into flames?
Yea, $30k for four wheels and an engine. Luxury items like windows, seats and a steering wheel will cost you about $30k..
Trucks tend to push up the average price a bit.
My Ford Focus cost me $25 brand new, in 2009. I think I can keep it going easily enough until at least 2020.
BWAAaaaHaaaaHaa!
The national average price for a kilowatt hour of electricity is $0.12.
Many electric companies sell overnight electricity at super off peak prices as low as $.06 per kWh when they don’t have many customers buying much electricity.
Given the efficiency of electric motors, $.12 per kWh is equivalent of $.95 per gallon.
I’m the kind of guy that is prepared for the worst in my car, and just about the worst, is blizzards, whether in the flatlands, hills, or in the worst case, the mountains.
How many winter deaths will we get of moms and kids, getting caught in bad winter weather, and them having to depend on batteries for power while getting stuck in snow and trying to get out of ditches, and trying to heat a car when unable to travel, and dealing with up hill drives back to home after already having a bad day, and being stuck in traffic, or adverse conditions?
I wouldn’t buy my wife an electric car.
Yep, I’m not ready for an EV of any kind and won’t be around long enough for any real breakthroughs in my view.
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