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Re: Chevy Volt poised to resuscitate dying automotive town Flint, Mich.

700R4 Transmission — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:02:00 -0000

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Re: Chevy Volt poised to resuscitate dying automotive town Flint, Mich.

links — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:38:46 -0000

As we use to say in Boy Scouts, “there is nothing like pissing on the campfire”.

Re: Chevy Volt poised to resuscitate dying automotive town Flint, Mich.

links — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:38:05 -0000

As we use to say in Boy Scouts, “there is nothing like pissing on the campfire”.

Re: Chevy Volt poised to resuscitate dying automotive town Flint, Mich.

Sergey — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:31:15 -0000

Really?

How about using Volt only for 20-40 miles commute 5 days a week to the office? In this case you won't spend on gas at all, just 2c per mile for the battery charge.

$21K for the battery change? How about an option to lease the battery for, say, $100 per month?

And what mostly is pissing me off after I spent $1.5K to replace a broken transmission on my Mercedes - there is no stupid transmission in Volt! Either quarterly oil/fluid/gasket/whatever changes.

It's going to be simple like a bike - the battery (becoming cheaper with the technologies improvement), the electrical engine (which is as simple as one in your vacuum cleaner), the computer (when last time did your laptop brake?), and 1 liter generator that will run occasionally when you drive out of the city on the week-end.

Re: Chevy Volt poised to resuscitate dying automotive town Flint, Mich.

Joe Royall — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:33:59 -0000

But it can be. The difference now is that its a choice. In our current system it isn't

Re: Chevy Volt poised to resuscitate dying automotive town Flint, Mich.

Joe Royall — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:33:02 -0000

Why are you adding the cost of changing a battery? Also, $3 a gallon is not realistic for the next 5-7 years, $5 is a safer bet. Most economic models show driving an electric car to have an equivalent cost to about $1.50 a gallon to a traditional gas car.

Re: Chevy Volt poised to resuscitate dying automotive town Flint, Mich.

OldAxe — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:56:17 -0000

Chevy Volt: Limited preformance and short range. Cost: $40,000 230 MPG 100,000mi Fuel @ $3.00 cost $1300
One battery change $21,000 Total $74,000 + interest = 75 cents per mile.
Same size car with gas engine: good preformance. Range 400 mi.Cost $23,000 30 MPG 100,000mi Fuel cost $10,000
Total: $33,000 + interest = 34 cents per mile.
Now I ask you, Who would be willing to pay 40 cents per mile more even if the range and preformance were equal?

Re: Chevy Volt poised to resuscitate dying automotive town Flint, Mich.

Enggao team — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:39:37 -0000

Who will buy these cars?
Is there a market?
10,000 cars by GM alone.
The cars can be running ecologically, but producing electricity is not in many cases and disposing the batteries afterward is not ecological.