GM's 'Volt'...
 

A bit pricey I would say... good luck with that GM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...705834_pf.html

If I could sum up GM in one word it would be, Clueless. Maybe they should get together with Toyota. Toyota could show them how to make a good inexpensive car and GM could show them how to make a gas pedal that doesn't get a mind of it's own. :rotfl2:

Your welcome UAW:shifty:

At $41,000 does it classify as a luxury car or a novelty? :shifty:

Well at least it's not as buttugly as the Prius ;)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...04-21-2010.jpg

Anyone catch the range on this thing?

ITs a whopping 40 miles ! :-?

I dont know how the whole generator thing works but I dont belive it is like a hybrid where it 'switches' to internal combustion engine.

40 miles... That would get me to work and halfway home.

Wonder how long you have to charge to get that 40 miles.

Oh and another thing. I have this same concearn with hybrids. If god forbid you get in an accident in this thing and somehow short out the batterys it could cause a rather large explosion with extremly toxic smome.

Then what do we do with the heavy metals once the batterys will no longer hold a charge?

What they don't want to tell you is that the disposal of the batteries from these hybrids does just as much if not more damage to the enviroment than fossil fuels. These Batteries have to be replaced fairly on a fairly regular basis and the used ones don't just vanish. I guess it makes the clueless feel good, but the reality is a different story.

http://gm-volt.com/2008/09/27/how-ch...he-chevy-volt/

I like the technology of the volt. I would just feel a lot more confident in it if it were not a GM car. :nope:

40 miles will get me to and from work and for a commuter car that will work out well. And, as already posted, you can go a lot further when the gas - electric series kicks in.

I wonder how this will sell compared to the Nisan Leaf which is a different technology.

I am kinda glad this technology is coming out in consumer cars. It is only going to get better.

I am still waiting for a nice diesel - electric series comes out. Peugeot 307 had it and I hear that Peugeot is considering marketing in the US again. :up:

nothing like going backwards GM
 

The ev 1 built in the 90s got 150 miles on a charge and they crushed it. EV 1 the car featured in who killed the electric car. What a joke

Forty miles at the most. If you drive fast, use the a/c, lights, anything else it is less. Also depends on the temperture.

As to charge, 10 hours.

I'd go with a Tesla :cool:

http://earth2tech.files.wordpress.co...pg?w=472&h=291

That license plate is epic. :haha:

This is why we shouldnt trust one of the dinosaur auto companies to build the new cutting edge environmentally friendly vehicles.

they have a cute little box that they are used to thinking well inside of.

Taxpayer money is used to socialize GM and this "volt" is the turd they finally manage to squat down and push out? :06:

give me an effin break.

there are independent, small car companies out there who are building cars with 4 times the battery range of that piece of crap... Im just at a loss for words.

why was the money not invested into these companies?

just backwards washington DC thinking is all it was.


so lets see... if you have a 30 mile commute, and if you work some nights until 9pm like me, get home around 9:30 or 10:00 and have to turn around for a 6am departure, what then? leave out the next morning on 7 hours charging - maybe 8... and run dead within 10 miles of work?

Ya know, I dont like these eletric cars... just think when they become more popular!

That phrase would no longer be Stop, look and listen! Just Stop, look, and pray a crazy driver dosent blast around the Corner!

I dont know, If I had my choice between one of those, and a normal car with a gasoline/petrol engine... ill take the after choice.

But just Think! If this thing catches on a road trip would never be the same.