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And the biggie here is the technology in the Volt. Even if the Volt itself ends production, the technology will go into other, hopefully less expensive, vehicles. People WANT these cars and with the price of oil doing nothing but climbing, demand will increase.
Time to start investing in solar charging and battery swap stations. We can do this now and decrease our demand for foreign oil by a HUGE margin...and the investment is small compared to what we pay for fossil fuels.
Cars with this low a production rate, don't get started up again after a layoff. Most likely the plant gets retooled for a higher production vehicle.
With gas nudging $4.50 where I am, my Prius has paid off BIG TIME. I still drive away from the pump with a smile. I think I spend more at Starbucks...
The Volt's technology will go into other vehicles. It's waiting for the market to catch up.
I live in California where it is not unusual for me to be surrounded by Priusi(?) on the freeway. I went to Florida last year and the kids tried to play "punch Prius"...nobody got a swing in.
We can reduce our dependence on foreign oil by huge degrees RIGHT NOW...we aren't even trying.
oh what friggin ever.....
No, but they paid billions for a road infrastructure that allowed them to flourish. Maybe they should have made the auto companies build the roads
You should look a little more closely into the history of government road projects. They started LONG before the first automobiles were made.
Yup, sure did
20-30 miles of them
Until the government invested in road infrastructure, the knock on horseless carriages was .....why would you spend so much on one of those? you have no place to drive them
In 1905 a horseless carriage cost a lot more than a $40,000 volt in current dollars
The liberal position in these Obama years has been that the ends justify the means.
I adamantly oppose that philosophy, and I admit to a little bit of schadenfreude when liberals aren't even getting the ends that they have attempted to sell America's collective soul to achieve.
I am for achieving viable alternative energy in a way which doesn't put people who depend on our present economic forces out of work and doesn't cause starvation around the world ...
So sue me.
The Chevy Volt works and by all accounts their owners love them
It not only works, but it is just as safe as gas powered vehicles.
It has been the relentless attacks by the likes of the drug addled gasbag, Rush Limbaugh, that are hurting Volt sales. Its the GOP rooting for failure once again.
With gas nudging $4.50 where I am, my Prius has paid off BIG TIME. I still drive away from the pump with a smile. I think I spend more at Starbucks...
The Volt's technology will go into other vehicles. It's waiting for the market to catch up.
I live in California where it is not unusual for me to be surrounded by Priusi(?) on the freeway. I went to Florida last year and the kids tried to play "punch Prius"...nobody got a swing in.
We can reduce our dependence on foreign oil by huge degrees RIGHT NOW...we aren't even trying.
The Chevy Volt works and by all accounts their owners love them
It not only works, but it is just as safe as gas powered vehicles.
It has been the relentless attacks by the likes of the drug addled gasbag, Rush Limbaugh, that are hurting Volt sales. Its the GOP rooting for failure once again.
RUSH stopped you from buying a Volt?????
How did Rush stop people from going out and paying twice as much as they could afford on a new car?
Please explain.
Do I have the power to raise their taxes? I do not.
Do I have the power to regulate their behavior? I do not.
Do I have the power to make health care decisions for them? I do not.
Do I have the power to withhold birth control pills from them? I do not.
Do I have the power to audit their tax returns? I do not.
Do I have the power to take their little four-year-old kindergarten student's lunch and throw it away and make 'em eat something else? I do not.
Do I have the power to look into their personal life and leak the information to the media? I do not.
Is there one bit of freedom that I can deny them? Can I raise their taxes?
They want to blame me as being the person they should fear, when in fact the people doing all these things I just said I have no power to do, the Democrat Party is doing. That's who everybody's afraid of in this country.
You know that story about the four-year-old girl who had her lunch taken by the federal agent? When those stories happen, have you noticed the people involved don't want their names known? Who are they afraid of? They're afraid of Democrat Party. They're afraid of the Obama administration.
The Obama administration will take away your birth control, and if you let 'em do that, they'll tell you when you can and can't take it. And then they'll tell you when you can and can't have sex, and then they will tell you when you can or cannot have an abortion!
You give them this power, that's what they want.
I can't do any of this.
With gas nudging $4.50 where I am, my Prius has paid off BIG TIME. I still drive away from the pump with a smile. I think I spend more at Starbucks...
The Volt's technology will go into other vehicles. It's waiting for the market to catch up.
I live in California where it is not unusual for me to be surrounded by Priusi(?) on the freeway. I went to Florida last year and the kids tried to play "punch Prius"...nobody got a swing in.
We can reduce our dependence on foreign oil by huge degrees RIGHT NOW...we aren't even trying.
The Volt cost 44k. How long would you have to drive it to be cost effective? Not to mention its original intent was a prototype show car not a production vehicle.
It's just another solyndra boondoggle.
The Volt cost 44k. How long would you have to drive it to be cost effective? Not to mention its original intent was a prototype show car not a production vehicle.
It's just another solyndra boondoggle.
About the same price as many pickup trucks and SUV's.
The Volt cost 44k. How long would you have to drive it to be cost effective? Not to mention its original intent was a prototype show car not a production vehicle.
It's just another solyndra boondoggle.
About the same price as many pickup trucks and SUV's.
We have a SUV that starts about $26K and gets 32 mpg. Full size pickups equiped like a Volt are probably around $32K. I can't tow 5,500+ lbs with a Volt. Can't haul a family of 5 with all the associated stuff kids bring along in a Volt. Your really not making an apples to apples comparision.
Neither will I.I can't haul stone and lumber in a toy car so you will have to excuse me if I continue to complain about high fuel prices.
I will never own nor drive one of those trinkets.
The Volt cost 44k. How long would you have to drive it to be cost effective? Not to mention its original intent was a prototype show car not a production vehicle.
It's just another solyndra boondoggle.
About the same price as many pickup trucks and SUV's.
The Volt cost 44k. How long would you have to drive it to be cost effective? Not to mention its original intent was a prototype show car not a production vehicle.
It's just another solyndra boondoggle.
About the same price as many pickup trucks and SUV's.
Yes, I paid 46k for my last new Ford. Funny thing I could haul a prius in my truck. I doubt that prius could even haul a couple of boxes of tile without bottoming out.
Thanks but no thanks.
About the same price as many pickup trucks and SUV's.
We have a SUV that starts about $26K and gets 32 mpg. Full size pickups equiped like a Volt are probably around $32K. I can't tow 5,500+ lbs with a Volt. Can't haul a family of 5 with all the associated stuff kids bring along in a Volt. Your really not making an apples to apples comparision.
Yep apples to apples.
How many MPG does a Volt get?
The Volt cost 44k. How long would you have to drive it to be cost effective? Not to mention its original intent was a prototype show car not a production vehicle.
It's just another solyndra boondoggle.
About the same price as many pickup trucks and SUV's.
Yes, I paid 46k for my last new Ford. Funny thing I could haul a prius in my truck. I doubt that prius could even haul a couple of boxes of tile without bottoming out.
Thanks but no thanks.
We have a SUV that starts about $26K and gets 32 mpg. Full size pickups equiped like a Volt are probably around $32K. I can't tow 5,500+ lbs with a Volt. Can't haul a family of 5 with all the associated stuff kids bring along in a Volt. Your really not making an apples to apples comparision.
Yep apples to apples.
How many MPG does a Volt get?
Still uses an energy source doesn't it. We haven't had an oil shortage recently, but there have been brownouts.
About the same price as many pickup trucks and SUV's.
Yes, I paid 46k for my last new Ford. Funny thing I could haul a prius in my truck. I doubt that prius could even haul a couple of boxes of tile without bottoming out.
Thanks but no thanks.
Then don't buy one
But why should you care so much if others choose to buy a Volt or Prius?
