How about any standard electrical outlet? Charging for about $1.50 per day on average5 It doesn't get much simpler than that. For less than the cost of a latte, you can fully charge your Volt and drive an EPA–estimated 35 miles gas–free. Choose a standard 120V charging kit that allows you to plug into a conventional electrical outlet and fully charge the battery in about 10 hours, depending on climate. Or opt for an available 240V charging station that reduces your charging time to approximately four hours. Professional installation required. For more information, visit SPX Service Solutions.
A person has the right to get as much pay and benefits that an employer wants to give him. Don't give me that crap that he doesn't. As I have stated many times already, almost all state and city employees have done the same thing the auto industry did. Why aren't you guys (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)ing about that?
That's what Bolling found out, no you can't. You might be able to make it to work and back but not go running around after work without running on the gas engine with it's not exceptional milage. AT .116 KWH that's $1.16 to go 25 miles at what Bolling was getting and it wasn't very cold during that time. Or $1.76 to go 38 mpg. Some of the new 4 cylinders are getting 38 per gallon with much better performance. And cost about $20,000 less. If gas is $3 a gallon that buys 6,666 gallons of gas. Even if it did cost $1.16 to go 25 miles. That's about what my mini van gets on the highway, 24-25 mpg. About 8 less in the city. How much is a gallon of gas cost now? So it cost me over three times as much to go the same 25 miles as it does the Volt.
About 4 times as much if I drove those 25 miles in the City. Also remember if he was driving cross country every 227 miles he drives on a tank of gas, the engine can recharge the battery at about 80%. So after every tank he fills he can get about another 20 miles on the battery without having to plug it in to charge it.
What is the point of saving a few bucks in gas when the thing costs about $20,000 more then a Chevrolet Cruze which seats 1 more person and has more interior and cargo room?
I personally would buy a Chevy Cruze over the Volt. The Cruze gets 40 mpg and I don't want to spend what extra money for a vehicle that expensive. I know when I get rid of the mini van, I will buy something under twenty thousand with high mileage. But everyone is different. That's why we have so many different vehicles on the market. Most people today wouldn't be caught dead buying a mini van. Five-ten years ago, it was different.
I have no problem with GM making the Volt. My problem is the gov't. subsidizing any car; let alone a $40,000 one; let alone one that is sold by a company the government owns (conflict of interest). If people want to buy the Volt...go ahead, it's their money. But I don't want them trying to ram down my throat (not that you are) that these things are the wave of the future and everyone should own one. I guarantee you that hybrids are nothing more then stopgaps until improved battery technology makes electric cars more practical. And as hybrids go, the Volt is a bad one, IMO. The Prius (for example) is FAR more practical.
The leftists have no answer for this question But I will continue to post it until they stop ignoring it. (*)(*)(*)(*) a bunch of lying *******s.
Yes 120V and 10 hours to charge, so if I drive out of town on a weekend trip and use the battery during the first 25 miles where do I charge it the rest of the trip?
The Volt is not a mini-van, it is a small subcompact. The mini-van didn't cost $40,000. Gas was $1.80 when Obama took office and would still be there were it not for his policies.
Number one, the government didn't bail out the union, they bailed out GM and Chrysler. The union helped bail out GM and Chrysler by taking over the health care. In almost every union, a certain part of the dues goes into a strike fund in case the union has to strike. Does that answer your question?
Remember when the unemployed guy told Obama how much it cost to fill up his tank and Der Furher told him to trade in his old car for a new one that got better milage? Obama is such a dork. The guy has no job how was he supposed to afford a new car?
A problem with electric cars is that the extra cost up front doesn't offset the money you're saving on gas unless you drive the thing for 10 years, which I'll probably never do again. You can get bigger cars with around 40MPG for so much less, and offer MORE than any electric on the road. Sorry, but the good feeling of driving a Volt or Leaf doesn't mean squat to me. I'd rather buy the best car I can afford that suits my needs. I don't need a status symbol.
I can agree with you guys being mad at Obama and that's fine with me. I just don't agree at all with you trying to put GM and Chrysler under just to get back at him. That is stupid that can cost us billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs.
The trouble with the Volt is that it's a $20,000 car that sells for $30,000 after the $10,000 Obama taxpayer subsidy.
Who wants to put GM and Chrysler under? I want Obama out of the white house and am just pointing out how wrong he is. If the electric car has a market, people will buy it, however it is not selling and instead of just doing something else, the government is propping them up even more with giving more tax credits and its not right.
Don't disagree with you. It doesn't make sense for many to buy one unless you live around 12 miles from work, gas keeps going up and you like to travel some each year. If you do and it happens, the Volt could be just the car for them. Unlike a total electric, the Volt would be the only car you need and you could go weeks or months without buying fuel.
I want hiim out too. But many Republicans want GM to go under. Just go back and read all those post of Republicans who say,"I'll never buy another GM car." That's becaused they're pissed Obama bailed them out.
