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| Good bye | Nov 21 2010, 09:04 PM Post #1 |
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My brother in law's new Volt should arrive by the end of the month. I will try to keep everyone up to date when I hear news. The GM dealer people are installing a charging station in his garage. He is not a car guy but is excited about the technology. It will be interesting to see if the Volt gets gas mileage as good as my 91 Metro. Andy |
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| allmountain40 | Nov 21 2010, 09:30 PM Post #2 |
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Cool! Keep us posted! |
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| bogs | Nov 21 2010, 10:54 PM Post #3 |
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This would be interesting if we can follow a real world user around for a while I wonder how much the charging station is setting him back? Kinda reminds me of the EV1, where they made you put one in before even leasing you the car to the tune of several thousand dollars.
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| Spock | Nov 21 2010, 11:24 PM Post #4 |
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Live Long and Prosper.
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| Stately | Nov 22 2010, 12:08 AM Post #5 |
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Do you know if his charging station is metered separately? It will be interesting to see how many pennies per mile it takes! |
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| Murf 59 | Nov 22 2010, 12:11 AM Post #6 |
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+1 |
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| Woodie | Nov 22 2010, 05:28 AM Post #7 |
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For $41,000, who cares? Mileage will depend 100% on how he drives it. If he drives 300 miles a day, he's going to get 40 mpg. If he drives 30 miles a day, he'll get infinite mpg. |
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| Stately | Nov 22 2010, 01:08 PM Post #8 |
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So the real question is cents/mile. A Metro getting 50MPG with $3/gal gas gets 6 cents/mile. An interesting article: Inside Line: our Chevy Volt's battery miles cost more than the gas ones http://green.autoblog.com/2010/11/11/inside-line-our-chevy-volts-battery-miles-cost-more-than-the-g/ |
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| Coche Blanco | Nov 22 2010, 01:21 PM Post #9 |
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They also paid a ton for electricity. Edited by Coche Blanco, Nov 22 2010, 01:21 PM.
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| Horn | Nov 22 2010, 01:24 PM Post #10 |
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^^^^yea thats my concern is with charging it, then down the road the batteries go bad? Those gotta cost an arm, a leg....and a nice geo |
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| Stately | Nov 22 2010, 01:25 PM Post #11 |
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Right. They say in the article grid prices vary widely--so you really need to look at your's before making assumptions. |
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| 944door | Nov 22 2010, 01:25 PM Post #12 |
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Road and Track claim 127mpg. Im very suspect that there is some tom foolery happening here.
Edited by 944door, Nov 22 2010, 01:26 PM.
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| Coche Blanco | Nov 22 2010, 01:34 PM Post #13 |
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I think this sums it up pretty well. |
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| Stately | Nov 22 2010, 01:40 PM Post #14 |
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As Woodie points out, mpg is meaningless without knowing the mix. These articles are only going to confuse people. Like saying the Nissan Leaf gets infinite MPG. Duh. But what is the cost per mile? Edited by Stately, Nov 22 2010, 01:41 PM.
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| Stately | Nov 22 2010, 01:51 PM Post #15 |
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Its interesting because volume production could drop that price significantly. Personally, however, I think hybrids are stupid. Unnecessarily complicated--too many systems to fail, etc. Not having plug-in hybrids until now is also stupid. Pure electrics are more interesting. The UK has been doing them for years. Their approach to dead batteries was "ok, we'll throw a small generator in the back for emergency charging". Problem solved. |
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I wonder how much the charging station is setting him back? Kinda reminds me of the EV1, where they made you put one in before even leasing you the car to the tune of several thousand dollars.
7:18 PM Jul 10