Forty grand for an electric car that’s not electric and gets only 40 mpg on the highway. I still drive a twelve year old Saturn that I paid 12 grand for, never breaks, gets thirty in the city, 40 on the highway, has a clutch and stickshift which I love to drive. Don’t ask me about my wife’s truck.
I had a Saturn that had such performance as well. It is a shame UAW ruined that brand.
$6 for 22 miles? Nice…
Actually of late of have been wondering if a natural gas powered vehicle might not be a more logical next step rather than electricity. Assuming that Romney rather than Obama is the next President of course.
Natural gas has a lot going for it and is more efficient than electricity.
That is interesting, but I’ve a feeling that most people will not be inclined to do the job themselves. I was thinking more in the line of an offering by auto and oil companies.
But the Volt is tight and responsive through turns. Its 149-horsepower (that is, 111-kW) Voltec electric motor considerably overachieves, since it requires no transmission and therefore delivers its 273 foot-pounds of torque all at once. After barely a few miles at cruising speed I figure I could get used to this. It sure beats my usual ride — a dun-colored ’94 Cherokee with a failing transfer case — if for no other reason than that its right rear bumper isn’t held on by duct tape. Oh, and it is quiet. Ghost quiet. U-boat-full-of-mutes-in-cotton-booties-coasting-through-an-ocean-of-mineral-oil quiet.
Clearly, its a shitbox ?
The Volt would be cool if it had a 300ish mile range so that you could drive across a state to visit family. Or if the battery wouldn’t run down so fast in cold weather or by using the heater/ac. Or if the batteries would last more than ten years or cheap enough that lifespan didn’t matter. Or if it was affordable for people with an average income and families.
Maybe in 20 years, sometime around NASA finishes its next shlv, electric cars will be practicle for people who need to drive.
Do you have the right car? The Volt on gas is supposed to have a range of around 300 miles. On gas, the lack of charge on the battery in cold weather or with the heater on shouldn’t matter. The battery lifespan of course does matter, as does the price. Are you thinking of the Leaf?
Forty grand for an electric car that’s not electric and gets only 40 mpg on the highway. I still drive a twelve year old Saturn that I paid 12 grand for, never breaks, gets thirty in the city, 40 on the highway, has a clutch and stickshift which I love to drive. Don’t ask me about my wife’s truck.
I had a Saturn that had such performance as well. It is a shame UAW ruined that brand.
$6 for 22 miles? Nice…
Actually of late of have been wondering if a natural gas powered vehicle might not be a more logical next step rather than electricity. Assuming that Romney rather than Obama is the next President of course.
Natural gas has a lot going for it and is more efficient than electricity.
CNG conversion is cheap and easy.
http://www.ewsews.com/cnghome.html
That is interesting, but I’ve a feeling that most people will not be inclined to do the job themselves. I was thinking more in the line of an offering by auto and oil companies.
But the Volt is tight and responsive through turns. Its 149-horsepower (that is, 111-kW) Voltec electric motor considerably overachieves, since it requires no transmission and therefore delivers its 273 foot-pounds of torque all at once. After barely a few miles at cruising speed I figure I could get used to this. It sure beats my usual ride — a dun-colored ’94 Cherokee with a failing transfer case — if for no other reason than that its right rear bumper isn’t held on by duct tape. Oh, and it is quiet. Ghost quiet. U-boat-full-of-mutes-in-cotton-booties-coasting-through-an-ocean-of-mineral-oil quiet.
Clearly, its a shitbox ?
The Volt would be cool if it had a 300ish mile range so that you could drive across a state to visit family. Or if the battery wouldn’t run down so fast in cold weather or by using the heater/ac. Or if the batteries would last more than ten years or cheap enough that lifespan didn’t matter. Or if it was affordable for people with an average income and families.
Maybe in 20 years, sometime around NASA finishes its next shlv, electric cars will be practicle for people who need to drive.
Do you have the right car? The Volt on gas is supposed to have a range of around 300 miles. On gas, the lack of charge on the battery in cold weather or with the heater on shouldn’t matter. The battery lifespan of course does matter, as does the price. Are you thinking of the Leaf?