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From: nm5k on 9 Aug 2010 14:03
On Aug 9, 11:08 am, Michelle Steiner <miche...(a)michelle.org> wrote:
> In article
> <006c9584-3690-4fdf-bd4b-ab63431a9...(a)l20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>
>  n...(a)wt.net wrote:
> > I wouldn't buy one at half price.. The 40 mile wonder..  :/
> > Doesn't go far enough to do me any good..
>
> That's 40 miles on just the initial battery charge; after that, the
> gasoline motor kicks in to recharge the battery, and you'll keep going for
> so long as there is gas in the tank.  And when the tank runs low, you
> simply put more gas in it.
>
> It's not like the Nissan Leaf, which is battery only.

It's still fairly useless to me. I'd be running off the gas
engine more than the electric motor.
I'll stick with the dinky gas or diesel cars..
From: Clive on 9 Aug 2010 15:14
In message
<michelle-40096C.09085009082010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.ex
ample.com>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> writes
>That's 40 miles on just the initial battery charge; after that, the
>gasoline motor kicks in to recharge the battery, and you'll keep going for
>so long as there is gas in the tank.
If the engine hasn't run for six months how do you know it hasn't seized
on you?
--
Clive

From: Clive on 9 Aug 2010 16:09
In message
<michelle-45DFC1.07225109082010(a)reserved-multicast-range-not-delegated.ex
ample.com>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> writes
>Personally, I think the Volt is overpriced as it is. I wouldn't pay more
>than $30K for one, and would probably pass it up even at that price.
I can't imagine that it will sell here in Europe, but stranger things
have happened.
--
Clive

From: cuhulin on 9 Aug 2010 18:35
How will those electric batteries hold up in the Winter time when the
temps get wayyyy down below zero?
cuhulin

From: Peter Granzeau on 9 Aug 2010 20:41
>"If they want GM to give the car away, they should stop complaining about government ownership."

One might hazard a wager that not a single person who complains of
government owneership also wants GM to give the Volt away.
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