Dying for a Chevy Volt, but....

[harry]

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Tch. It isnot 85Kwh You don't drive at full throttle all the time, you wouldn't get more than ten miles down the road.

[harry]

You charge your car up at home at night Duf. So there are charging stations everywhere. The problem is; range and the time it takes to charge from a domestic outlet.

[harry]

Electric cars use around half/one third the energy needed for conventional cars. That energy is much cheaper too. It could come from nuclear power or renewable.

[harry]

Yes that's what happened back in 2008. And in the 1930's. You got a short memory. Capitalism destroyed the economy.

[harry]

Back in 1900 cars were only for the rich too. Everybody else was a hippy but not by choice.

[Michael A. Terrell]

I'm surprised that Obama isn't pushing Tesla's 'Brodcast Power' BS.

[harry]

00, bob haller wrote:

They already do CNG for cars in Bolivia. Have done for years.

[harry]

I think he is likely a majority. He fies somewhere to his vacation.

[Michael A. Terrell]

Sure, keep buying patched up junk. Do you really think that 'refurbished battery' will last anywhere near as long as a new one?

[Michael A. Terrell]

They all smoked dope and wouldn't work?

[harry]

They had little money. And no cars.

[Existential Angst]

I got it, I got it.... this krw asshole is Plimpton, THE legendary venerealated asshole of multiple ngs..... Howzit goin, Plimpie?? Why'd you give up yer moniker?

And, and once again, you are fullashit, and haller is right. The night-time grid could easily accommodate the initial transition to electric.... mebbe not the WHOLE transition, suddenly, but certainly the transition at its current rate, and rate-to-come for a while.

WTF would you think otherwise??

[Vic Smith]

Here's my idea. Check this

Hundreds of thousands of posts by Chevy Volt owners. You'll get info from those who actually know about the car. There's probably Leaf and Tesla forums too.

Here's my opinion. Consider car cost, gasoline cost, electricity cost, and your daily miles driven, then figure out if you want the car. With the tax credit, the Volt is less than $1000 over median price paid for new cars in the U.S. With my daily commute, and other driving - except vacation - I'd probably visit a gas station once a year And my electric rates are really low. That's all sweet. I could use the Volt for my yearly vacations and get about 37mpg with no charges from a cord. But I would probably rent a car instead. People do drive the Volt cross country, but I'd prefer to keep engine hours low. Might be wrong about it, but it seems to me that running the engine constantly is against design intent. I'd love to have one. Not caring about gasoline price is sweet. But I'm a car cheapskate. Fix my own, and never paid more than $6k for a car. If I felt I had the money to pay $30k for a car, as many people do, I'd buy a Volt.

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[Existential Angst]

not

Then why didn't you cite them?

You two ought to get a room -- don't forget the Astroglide. That way you can both miss the point together.

[Gunner]

Really? There isnt a charging station within 28 miles of my home.

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

[Gunner]

Yet the Left is shutting down coal mines and coal fired generation at an astounding pace.

No nukes, no oil, no coal. And the cost of building solar power and windpower (and remember the millions of dead raptors those create) will supply the US with energy for centuries to come...right?

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

[Gunner]

Nukes! Shame on you for wanting to poison the planet and kill us all!!!

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

[Gunner]

Because they are nuts.

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

[Stormin Mormon]

So, if I need to go some where about 200 miles away. I drive about 50 miles, the range of the car. Get a motel room with charging dock, spend the night and charge the car over night?

Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus

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During the day the power grid is used a lot, but after work, evenings nights and weekends the power grid as lots of extra capacity:)

People could charge their vehicles at nght, at off peak rates.

[Stormin Mormon]

I think the exception is government regulation. At which point economics, and everyone loses.

Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus

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Economics does not take a backseat to anything or anybody. It always wins out.