>>>The Volt isn't supposed to be a money maker- it is a test vehicle<<< It is now. It tests the concept of government-mandated design, a design that was the result of a planning process that had originally been intended to design a fuel cell vehicle. __________________ The Trabant was the result of a planning process that had originally been intended to design a three-wheeled motorcycle. -- Wikipedia __________________
Eric Bolling on Fox -- 26 miles of electric use with full charge http://video.foxnews.com/v/1430236461001/eric-bolling-test-drives-chevy-volt/
Wayne on CleanMPG - 71 and 75 mpg EV range with a full charge. http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39623 If you drive like a fool, you will waste fuel/charge at an accelerated rate. This is not news.
President Obama not allowed to drive a Volt! "The Secret Service wouldn't let me drive it. But I liked sitting in it. It was nice. I bet it drives real good." http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...m_not_president_im_going_to_drive_a_volt.html Why didn't they let the Commander in Chief drive the Volt? It was probably because they took the battery out before they'd let him sit in it.
And, poof. Not that you likely care but all credibility your posts might have once garnered for me is now gone. Your views are your own to hold, but that's me checking out of this thread forevermore.
The Volt is toast. http://thehill.com/blogs/transporta...es/213889-gm-halting-production-of-chevy-volt Obama isn't going to buy one. Neither am I.
False advertising FIRE SALE: People unloading Chevy Volts on Ebay http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro..._nkw=chevrolet+Volt&_sacat=See-All-Categories
The first article is on a temporary shut down of the factory line and the second hardly has "firesale" prices listed for Buy It Now listings.
Might want to try more logic and less sensationalism - that's why I tune out PETA, even though I sympathize with a lot of their agenda on treating animals better. My next car probably will not be a Chevy Volt, but I'm glad GM is working on that rather than the Hummer five years ago. Hummer sales were also influenced by the government with that ridiculous tax write off as "business vehicles."
The Volt is a friggen joke. But I did drive a new Vette, all 430 hp, 6MT with magnetic suspension to Nashville and back last week and got 38 mpg on reg. pure gas unleaded. No fas or anything extreme. Just 65 mph on the foot. Think I'm liking a Grand Sport.