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Chevy Volt a lemon for GM. Current administration makes sour lemonade.
- Thread starter wilburbear
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The "payback" would depend on a lot of things and how you calculate it. There is a $7500 credit that certain businesses, non profits or government agency's may not be able to take advantage of. Also, in Maryland, there is a waiver of the first $2000 of sales tax. So that could save some money too.Quote from Trendytrader:
Somebody please work out the payback for the Volt compared to a normal internal combustion car. As for my company we have two employees at my company of 400 staff and they are charged for charging their cars at work otherwise it is a fringe benefit and risks our not for profit tax free status. There is nothing free in this world. Including EV power.
If the Volt runs on all electric, it costs 4.3 cents per mile to drive ($1.50 a charge/35 miles). A car that gets an average of 28 MPG would cost 12.5 cents per mile ($3.50 a gallon/28 miles). After 100,000 miles, that's a savings of $8200.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevy_volt#BatteryQuote from Bob111:
what about batteries?(i understand that if you lease-it's probably not your problem). but if you buy?(the question applies to all hybrid owners). how often you have to replace them,cost,what the maintenance is,etc
"The Volt's battery is guaranteed by General Motors for eight years or 100,000 miles (160,000 km), and will cover all 161 battery components. As all rechargeable batteries degrade over time, General Motors estimates the Volt battery will degrade by 10 to 30% after 8 to 10 years. The Voltâs battery management system runs more than 500 diagnostics at 10 times per second, allowing to keep track of the Voltâs battery pack in real-time, 85% of which ensure the battery pack is operating safely and 15% monitor battery performance and life"
Quote from Sandybestdog:
The stupidity and ignorance that is displayed on ET is exactly why I don't call myself a Republican anymore. Why don't you get your facts straight before you spread your lies? The Chevy dealership that I work at has about an 8 month waiting list on Volt's right now. We are having no probably selling them. Let me repeat, we are having no problem selling the new Chevy Volt at full MSRP.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46608011
No probably, for sure. Never mind that it lasts for less than the average trip in the US. Anyone finding this made up statistic should publish here, because I'm sure that it is out there.
We're still having no problem selling Volts. We could sell more if we had more in stock. We are actively buying them from other dealerships. I personally sold 4 last month.Quote from bwolinsky:
No probably, for sure. Never mind that it lasts for less than the average trip in the US. Anyone finding this made up statistic should publish here, because I'm sure that it is out there.
What difference does the "average trip in the US" have on anything? It doesn't need to have the range to cover the "average trip" because you can always use gas if you need to. The new Prius plug-in has a range of less than half of the Volt's range. Does that make it a bad car? Because it doesn't conform to your definition of what a car should be?
By the way, 5 weeks now since I got my Volt, and I haven't used one drop of gas. I gues there will always be haters.
Quote from Sandybestdog:
We're still having no problem selling Volts. We could sell more if we had more in stock. We are actively buying them from other dealerships. I personally sold 4 last month.
What difference does the "average trip in the US" have on anything? It doesn't need to have the range to cover the "average trip" because you can always use gas if you need to. The new Prius plug-in has a range of less than half of the Volt's range. Does that make it a bad car? Because it doesn't conform to your definition of what a car should be?
By the way, 5 weeks now since I got my Volt, and I haven't used one drop of gas. I gues there will always be haters.
The point of any electric car is to <b>never use gas.</b> It wouldn't go very far on the typical commute before it started to use some.