$20,000 over sticker for Chevy Volt is simply supply and demand

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> If I want an electric car, I will convert my 1948 Willys
> Jeep.Actually, those old World War Two Jeeps (Willys and Ford Jeeps)
> were rated by the Pentagon as 1/4 ton trucks.
>
So a car with a trunk with no lid then.<g>



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My 1948 Jeep has a tailgate.I could slide the batteries in there.
I don't want an electric vehicle though.
cuhulin

On Aug 9, 11:08*am, Michelle Steiner > wrote:
> In article
> >,
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> 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..

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ample.com>, Michelle Steiner > 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?
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Clive

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ample.com>, Michelle Steiner > 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.
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Clive

Engines have to be run every once in a while, or else they will crap out
on you.
cuhulin

How will those electric batteries hold up in the Winter time when the
temps get wayyyy down below zero?
cuhulin

> wrote in message
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> How will those electric batteries hold up in the Winter time when the
> temps get wayyyy down below zero?
> cuhulin

Question has already been asked.. What difference does it make?
The Obama administration is going to buy a bunch of these POS
things no matter what you think, or do, or want.

Give up. Lie down. Die comfortably.

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> My 1948 Jeep has a tailgate.I could slide the batteries in there.
> I don't want an electric vehicle though.

Nah, neither do I. Unless it's a Tesla with a 500 mile range.



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On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 23:34:16 +0000 (UTC), chuckcar > wrote:
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>> My 1948 Jeep has a tailgate.I could slide the batteries in there.
>> I don't want an electric vehicle though.

>Nah, neither do I. Unless it's a Tesla with a 500 mile range.

my gas car doesn't have a 500 mile range; however, my car doesn't
take 4 hours to fill up.

I'd be happy with a 300 mile range EV If I had the ability to swap batteries the way
I swap propane tanks.