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From: cuhulin on 27 Jul 2010 16:05
How many Aptera electric cars will that money buy?
http://www.aptera.com Or, those little cars that
run on compressed air?
cuhulin

From: hls on 27 Jul 2010 17:42

"hls" <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote in message

Vote on the CNN poll today...Is $41,000 a fair price for the Volt..
From: cuhulin on 27 Jul 2010 18:46
As po as I am, $41,000 is highly expensive for anything.
Heh, I am not rich like y'all are.
cuhulin

From: Pete C. on 27 Jul 2010 21:55

hls wrote:
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> "hls" <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote in message
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> Vote on the CNN poll today...Is $41,000 a fair price for the Volt..

Yes, it is when you look at what you actually get.

The Volt is not a simple electric car with hopelessly limited range and
long charging times that will leave you stranded unless you carefully
plan your trips like other electric cars will do, it has integrated
gasoline engine backup. Unlike the hybrids which need to run the gas
engine the bulk of the time, with the electric only serving to recapture
some braking energy and improve overall efficiency, the Volt can indeed
operate fully electric, never starting the gas engine as long as your
trips and recharge opportunities are within it's limits.

The key is that you don't have to abandon that spur of the moment idea
to go eat at that new restaurant across town because you don't have
enough charge left to get there and get home and the restaurant doesn't
have an outlet for you to charge from. You can make those deviations
from your normal plan with the confidence that you will not be stranded.

With a pure EV, you simply do not have the option to stop by a fuel
station and fuel up in a few minutes. When you get low you have to find
somewhere to charge and you have to wait a *long* time to get any
significant charge. The only way around this problem of pure EVs is to
standardize EV battery packs so a "fuel" station can do an automated
swap of the battery pack for a charged one and send you on your way in a
few minutes rather like the LP cylinder exchange most people are
familiar with.
From: hls on 27 Jul 2010 22:19

"Pete C." <aux3.DOH.4(a)snet.net> wrote in message
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> hls wrote:
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>> "hls" <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote in message
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>> Vote on the CNN poll today...Is $41,000 a fair price for the Volt..
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> Yes, it is when you look at what you actually get.


Evaluating what you get for the money, I wouldnt buy one of these.

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