I hear that GM is “suspending” production of the VOLT (http://news.yahoo.com/chevy-volt-production-suspended-221000781.html) … another of B. O.’s great strides in moving (spending) us into the future. Eric Bolling (Fox Business Channel’s FOLLOW the MONEY) test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors.
For four days in a row the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine. Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg, including the 25 miles it ran on the battery. So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh battery is approximately 270 miles.
It will take you 4½ hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery, and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.
According to GM, the Volt battery holds 16 kwh of electricity, and it takes a full 10 hours to charge a drain battery.
The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is NEVER MENTIONED, so I looked up what I pay for electricity. I pay approximately (it varies with the amount of used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh.
16kwy x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery.
$18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery.
Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine that only gets 32 mpg.
$4.50 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.14 per mile.
The gasoline powered car cost a little over $15,000 while the Volt costs $46,000.
So Obama wants us to pay 3 times as much for a car that cost more than 7 times as much to run, and takes 3 times as long to drive across the country.
Yeah! BUT IT’S GREEN!!!!
What a dumb ass. Virtually EVERY figure you site is wrong. As were Eric Bollings. Take a look at your electric bill, look at the cost for kwh. its going to be arount 8-11 CENTS. Dont post bull shit without facts.
ReplyDeleteFuck you! You have to hide behind the Anonymous name because you, like most Democrats, are afraid to post your name. So get your head out of your ass...the figures speak for them selves. Saying they are wrong does not make you right. The Volt is suspended in the US because NO ONE BUT THE RICH CAN AFFORD THE POS.
ReplyDeleteYou tell 'im Coffey!!
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