At $4 a gallon, my 2.8 cents per mile equates to 142 miles driven per cost of 1 gallon of gas. And you can blame the oil companies for high prices. Natural gas production was halved and more cuts to come because of too much supply. 3 refineries are down for "maintenance" and 2 more to be shut down. 5 more in Europe. Just in time for elections. Gas demand was at a 4 year low, while supply was at a 3 year high. Manipulation at it's finest. And Faux News viewers swallow (the lies).
@iamavet Wow! That's funny stuff! You could work for the other jokers at Faux News! Those are numbers that nobody has ever seen. You are good at making it up.
@iamavet BTW. You mouth another Faux News lie. It is not a tax rebate. It is a tax credit. You have to apply for it in your tax return. That money is taxes the applicant paid. Nobody else in this country has to pay a cent of that credit. It was signed by George Bush. Just like the tax credit for the 1%'ers. If you want to compare cost, their tax credit is billions more than the credit for the Volt. But once again, it is not a rebate. LOOK IT UP!
After the taxpayers gave GM $50 billion so GM could sell 8000 Volts in 2011, which avg to about 8 million per car, I was worried taxpayer were going to get the shaft.
The coolant crystalized and started the fire which spread to the battery! Sheeeesh. If you have a front end collision and the radiator cracks and spills coolant onto the battery and you let it crystalize, IT WILL CATCH ON FIRE YOU DUMMIES! Junk yards extract all gas, coolant and batteries for this reason! Junk yard owners are smarter than you! BYW, just got my notice. There will be no recall because there is no hazard. If a fire takes 3 weeks to break out. even a Fox News fan will live.
Big Government funds their lies with money from your pockets !
SO, a car without an array of Lithium battery fire starters is equally as likely to start fire as a car without them ?
OK, wtf , so explain ?
do they mean the single little 12 volt battery in your car is going to go up in flames like the Lithium batteries ?
I'm confused - the Volt carries 10 gallons of gas AND an array of fire starters BUT, a typical gasoline fueled car carries say, 15 gallons of gas and NO fire starters.
@itsallrigid You're confused because you watch Faux News. There were 215,000 car fires in the U.S. in 2010. Not one of them was an E.V. All gas burners. And, 70% of those fires started because of malfunctions. In other words, they spontaniousely combusted. You need to do a search on anything anybody says. But especially FAUX NEWS. BYW, a survey showed Faux News watchers knew less than people who didn't even watch any news. Hardy har har. Search that one, if you dare!
14,000,000 Fords recalled for fire hazards. 550 fires, 30 homes burned down. Ford recalls 2011 F series pick-ups for fire hazard. 32,000 BMW's recalled in 2011 for fire hazard, 198,000 2002-2010 cars for brake problems. 160,000 VW's recalled in 2011 for fire hazards. 19 Audi models recalled in 2011 for fire hazard. If every Rolls Royce Ghost has been recalled, the Volt is in good company!
250 deaths in fires due to gas tank explosions in Jeep Grand Cherokee in 10 years. Honda recalls 80,000 (640,000 world wide) 2006 CR-V's and 22,000 Civics in 2011 for fire hazard. Mazda recalls 52,000 cars in 2011 for fire hazard. Rolls Royce Ghost recalled in 2011 for fire hazard. Mercedes Benz recalls 6,800 cars with Blue Tec turbo for fire hazard in 2011.
No mention of the 100s of billions of dollars and countless lives lost fighting weapons paid for by gas guzzling SUVs. The only Volts that have caught on fire at this point are crash tests. Also, Tesla, Leaf and other "all" electric cars go far more than 40 miles on a charge. Get your facts straight Fakes News!
Pesky fires??? Have their been more than the one's that took place at the testing grounds? Faux news sure tries to make you think so with that corny opening statement. I guess they think their viewers are brain dead morons.
At $4 a gallon, my 2.8 cents per mile equates to 142 miles driven per cost of 1 gallon of gas. And you can blame the oil companies for high prices. Natural gas production was halved and more cuts to come because of too much supply. 3 refineries are down for "maintenance" and 2 more to be shut down. 5 more in Europe. Just in time for elections. Gas demand was at a 4 year low, while supply was at a 3 year high. Manipulation at it's finest. And Faux News viewers swallow (the lies).
ra5928 1 day ago
Update:
Volt cost $39K with taxpayer $7.5 rebate.
Volt has been tested by real drivers in NY and the results:
Based on battery gauge: Volt only goes 12 miles on full battery before it starts to cut in gas transition. After 60 miles it is on full gas.
Results: 31 mpg on 60 mile commute
Charge takes 3 hours and electricity was created using coal or natural gas.
Ford Focus cost $17K
Focus gets 31 mpg
The Volt was a big waste of taxpayer money to pay for propaganda GM commercials
iamavet 3 weeks ago
@iamavet Wow! That's funny stuff! You could work for the other jokers at Faux News! Those are numbers that nobody has ever seen. You are good at making it up.
ra5928 2 weeks ago
@iamavet BTW. You mouth another Faux News lie. It is not a tax rebate. It is a tax credit. You have to apply for it in your tax return. That money is taxes the applicant paid. Nobody else in this country has to pay a cent of that credit. It was signed by George Bush. Just like the tax credit for the 1%'ers. If you want to compare cost, their tax credit is billions more than the credit for the Volt. But once again, it is not a rebate. LOOK IT UP!
ra5928 2 weeks ago
@ra5928
Well that is a relief.
After the taxpayers gave GM $50 billion so GM could sell 8000 Volts in 2011, which avg to about 8 million per car, I was worried taxpayer were going to get the shaft.
iamavet 2 weeks ago
@ra5928
Correction-it was only $6 million per Volt---- my bad.
iamavet 2 weeks ago
@iamavet you're as good as glenn beck. You shuld have your own show!
ra5928 2 weeks ago
@iamavet no the volt goes on 35 miles on battery power and and after 97 miles goes on gas
M67v 1 week ago
The coolant crystalized and started the fire which spread to the battery! Sheeeesh. If you have a front end collision and the radiator cracks and spills coolant onto the battery and you let it crystalize, IT WILL CATCH ON FIRE YOU DUMMIES! Junk yards extract all gas, coolant and batteries for this reason! Junk yard owners are smarter than you! BYW, just got my notice. There will be no recall because there is no hazard. If a fire takes 3 weeks to break out. even a Fox News fan will live.
ra5928 3 weeks ago
er, that is , a car (with) an array of Lithium battery fire starters is equally as likely to start fire as a car (without) them ?
how is that ?
itsallrigid 4 weeks ago
Big Government funds their lies with money from your pockets !
SO, a car without an array of Lithium battery fire starters is equally as likely to start fire as a car without them ?
OK, wtf , so explain ?
do they mean the single little 12 volt battery in your car is going to go up in flames like the Lithium batteries ?
I'm confused - the Volt carries 10 gallons of gas AND an array of fire starters BUT, a typical gasoline fueled car carries say, 15 gallons of gas and NO fire starters.
con job
itsallrigid 4 weeks ago
@itsallrigid You're confused because you watch Faux News. There were 215,000 car fires in the U.S. in 2010. Not one of them was an E.V. All gas burners. And, 70% of those fires started because of malfunctions. In other words, they spontaniousely combusted. You need to do a search on anything anybody says. But especially FAUX NEWS. BYW, a survey showed Faux News watchers knew less than people who didn't even watch any news. Hardy har har. Search that one, if you dare!
ra5928 3 weeks ago
14,000,000 Fords recalled for fire hazards. 550 fires, 30 homes burned down. Ford recalls 2011 F series pick-ups for fire hazard. 32,000 BMW's recalled in 2011 for fire hazard, 198,000 2002-2010 cars for brake problems. 160,000 VW's recalled in 2011 for fire hazards. 19 Audi models recalled in 2011 for fire hazard. If every Rolls Royce Ghost has been recalled, the Volt is in good company!
ra5928 1 month ago
250 deaths in fires due to gas tank explosions in Jeep Grand Cherokee in 10 years. Honda recalls 80,000 (640,000 world wide) 2006 CR-V's and 22,000 Civics in 2011 for fire hazard. Mazda recalls 52,000 cars in 2011 for fire hazard. Rolls Royce Ghost recalled in 2011 for fire hazard. Mercedes Benz recalls 6,800 cars with Blue Tec turbo for fire hazard in 2011.
ra5928 1 month ago
Electric Cars are Here to STAY and GROW - Get With the TIMES there chikadee!!!
gfemg 1 month ago
No mention of the 100s of billions of dollars and countless lives lost fighting weapons paid for by gas guzzling SUVs. The only Volts that have caught on fire at this point are crash tests. Also, Tesla, Leaf and other "all" electric cars go far more than 40 miles on a charge. Get your facts straight Fakes News!
thoughtchallenge 2 months ago
Pesky fires??? Have their been more than the one's that took place at the testing grounds? Faux news sure tries to make you think so with that corny opening statement. I guess they think their viewers are brain dead morons.
Deanzsyclone 2 months ago
The Chevy Dolt
Instead of investing in GM, we should of just tried "make work" and had these people stack stone upon stone building pyramids.
It WOULD be better for the environment?
FreedomsReigning 2 months ago