So this is the Volt?
09-16-2008, 01:04 PM
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Another story on the Volt that GM offically released today. A cost of 2¢ per mile sounds pretty good if that turns out to be true.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/11/auto...ex.htm?cnn=yes
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/11/auto...ex.htm?cnn=yes
09-16-2008, 02:04 PM
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I guess...
your dvd player for the kids, GPS and 1500W stereo will set you back a couple of miles.
As the battery begins to run down as the car is in use, a small gasoline engine will turn on and generate enough electricity to drive the car about 300 miles.
Unlike hybrid cars, or plug-in hybrids, the Volt is driven only be electricity. The gasoline engine never directly drives the car's wheels.
09-16-2008, 02:52 PM
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It will probably be like the Tahoe Hybrid. No accessories can be added other than the factory standard equipment, no spare tire, no changing tires or wheels, no mods at all. But who knows what technology will exist by 2010.
09-17-2008, 11:39 AM
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You might be able to get some answers to your questions here: Chevy Volt
09-17-2008, 03:22 PM
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The Volt is a step in the right direction, but it is only a step. You must realize that a) the money you save on fuel costs is paid ahead of time in the total cost of the vehicle, and b) (tree huggers pay attention) the hydrocarbon emissions not coming out of the tailpipe of the Volt came out of the foundry smokestacks where the batteries are manufactured and continue to come out of the power plant stacks where electricity is produced.
It is going to be decades before humanity (if we survive) develops a cost-effective renewable energy agenda. Given our pathetic history as a species, that will not occur until we are forced to do so (read: when we run out of fossil fuel).
Until then, it's just rearranging the furniture.
It is going to be decades before humanity (if we survive) develops a cost-effective renewable energy agenda. Given our pathetic history as a species, that will not occur until we are forced to do so (read: when we run out of fossil fuel).
Until then, it's just rearranging the furniture.
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