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That's funny cause not more than an hour ago a gentleman walked in here and test drove a Volt. He said he has owned three Prius's in the past but now is going to buy a Volt or Ford electric vehicle.

No, I'm just somebody who likes my car and don't appreciate when others spread lies about it, especially when they don't know what they are talking about. As previously mentioned, I am a Chevy salesman. I sell Volt's, but they make up a small (though increasing) portion of my total sales. I am...

Neither do I. So let's stop calling it an Obamanobile. Saying Obama forced GM to build. That it costs taxpayers $200k+ to build each one. That only liberal tree huggers buy them. Bush enacted the $7500 tax credit, Obama has continued it. Yet the sales figures disagree with you. According to the...

OK here are the figures. I tried to be objective as possible. I calculated it using Maryland figures, since that's where I live. I'll work some up on the Prius if you would like. I'm just not as knowledgeable about it and the different costs. By the way. The Volt has an internal cooling and...

Your needs/desires in a car purchase may be different than another person's. It doesn't make it right or wrong. You do what works for you, and somebody else can do what works for them. Baby boomers are about ready to bankrupt the entire social security/medicare system. How do you think the...

Why is defending something with a reasonable argument shilling but relentlessly bashing it to pander to a political base freely accepted and in fact encouraged?

Um actually, our fleet department has sold only a handful of Volt's. The governments aren't buying them. Company's aren't buying them either. I have sold 20 Volt's in the past 9 weeks. Every one of them was to a regular person. Average Joe is buying them. He's buying it for his commute. He's...

My battery has never let me down. Your political opinions are clearly clouding your ability to make a sensible argument. The Volt cost a whopping $1.2billion to develop. Are you arguing that $1.2billion is going to put GM out of business? The Volt will be implemented into other designs. This...

Yes, those knowledgeable analyst's hiding behind the cloud of anonymity. Other estimates range from $76,000 to $88,000, according to four industry consultants contacted by Reuters. The consultants' companies all have performed work for GM and are familiar with the Volt's development and...

The cost figures in question take the high R&D costs and divide it by the relatively few Volt's sold in 18 months. That's not how business numbers are calculated. Other estimates put the actual cost to produce a Volt between $20-30k, which is much more reasonable. As volume increases, this will...

I got an email notifying of a post on another forum, so I decided to search and see what other Volt bashing threads have been started. A few more I see. It may be in the news, but it's certainly not credible. There have been several other articles since released calling into question those...

The battery is not larger, it's energy capacity is. Wallace said the battery weight didn’t vary and that it wouldn’t modify in future vehicles “without going to originally new chemistries.”...

I know exactly how they came to that figure, I was asking if you did. Because if you did, you would know that know that no legitimate business/accounting method would come to the same result. If you built a house for $100k and rented it out for a month for $1000, you did not lose $99k. You...

Do you just make stuff up out of thin air? A simple search on google will tell you that the battery pack weighs about 400 pounds. Also, it did not get bigger for 2013. They reconfigured the same battery to be able to produce 10% more range. It's funny how the more the Volt gets bashed by...

Somebody writes an article saying they are losing $49k per unit. You have no idea how they came to that figure but you believe it. Why don't read the article and explain to me how they came to that conclusion and then maybe you will have your answer.

How long would you like them to warranty it? No manufacturer warranty's their car after 100,000 miles. GM has already stated that they expect a 20% degradation of the battery after 100,000 miles. It's a battery, it degrades over time.

I wouldn't even call that article news. It starts out by saying how affordable the Volt is and then the next line is saying how overpriced it is. Which one is it? The car comes with a standard household outlet charger. The 240 volt is not $2000 like the article says. It's $599. There is...

See, that's the problem. You think because of your qualifications that you can critisize something and be justified in anything you say because you are talking to someone with less education than you. In your case, education creates ignorance. No more apparant is this than in your claims that...

No, quote me on something. You can't and that's why you are bringing up the same old issues. So here we go again. 1)I can get 40+ miles range to a charge. Me, an actual owner of a Volt. It's not my fault that some hater Fox news reporter doesn't know how to drive it correctly. 2)The Volt...

Then go buy a Prius. If that's what works for you, then you should do it. I on the otherhand, have not put gas in my car since January. That works for me.