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544 messages, Last post on Oct 28, 2009 at 1:11 PM
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| The price is a little high for some but I could have saved a lot of money in gas as neither the wife or I drive more than 20 miles one way most of the year. A few trips to see the kids and a vacation would be the only times 99% of the time. I had my heart and pocketbook set on the Volt but not if it isn't built in the U.S. Most Big 3 employees won't buy a non UAW made car and let me tell you we buy a lot of cars. | |
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$40K is more than a little high for a vehicle of limited range that, despite claims that it will suit the needs of a large portion of the population, simply isn't going to be a practical vehicle for most of us. Anyone who has kids that do anything is not going for a Volt. Picking up from practices, running around to games and activities, there's no way I could use an electric vehicle with limited range. And I'm certainly not going to shell out $40K for a second car to use it as a grocery getter. It may be fashionable to be gung-ho on electric vehicles, but enthusiasm alone doesn't make them practical.
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Feb 15, 2009 7:21 am)
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Feb 15, 2009 7:21 am)
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Replying to: corvette (Feb 15, 2009 8:09 am)
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Replying to: dmathews3 (Feb 15, 2009 7:26 am) |
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Replying to: dmathews3 (Feb 15, 2009 12:03 pm) I think the plan is to build them in the US for American buyers, and in England for European buyers. Make sense now?
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Replying to: stephen987 (Feb 15, 2009 9:03 pm) |
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For 40K+ I better get 135d European Delivery 
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The base rate in Southern California is 12 cents per KWH up to 10KWH average dailey use. If you use the Volt every day and add 8KWH per day to charge it for a max of 40 miles you will push up your home power useage into tier 3 at 21 cents/KWH, tier 4 at 25 cents or tier 5 at 27 cents. These rates are expected to rise 20% in 2009. This means you will pay at least $2 to $2.40 for every 40 miles in a perfect world. The Volt will need to do better than this to get my buy in. This makes a Honda or Toyota Hybrid much more attractive but still not worth it. The only way to make the numbers work is if the roof has photovoltaic cells on it to charge the batteries off grid. Electric car charging demand will force up utility rates to match closely the value of gas as it rises. Even swap from being held hostage by oil companies to being held up by power utilities......unless you generate DC to charge yourself !
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