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Chevy Volt, Electric Revolution? Or Outta Gas?

Fox News -- The first thing I noticed driving the Chevrolet Volt is that it’s a real car. GM did not kick out the kind of street-legal version of a golf cart like we have seen with previous attempts at making an electric car. The Volt is sturdy and it has horsepower. I had it up to 80 MPH on the test track and given how quiet gasoline powered cars are today, I was hard pressed to notice a difference between the Volt and my last airport rental.

Well one difference is that the Volt is decked out with the latest electronic everything. You can even download an I-phone app to remote start your car and cool it down before you climb in. But given the price, it had better come with groovy electronic doo-dads.

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Submitted Sep 02, 2010 By: ziyulu

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coughlin Champion Author San Jose Posts:3,346 Points:757,850 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:35:26 PM Ignore coughlin Report Abuse Ultimately hydrogen fuel cells will win out.
Bussman Champion Author Dallas Posts:3,876 Points:994,565 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:48:19 PM Ignore Bussman Report Abuse Let's just say outta battery.
SVmike Champion Author California Posts:1,426 Points:307,850 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 2:52:45 PM Ignore SVmike Report Abuse SteveSeattle: "It has to be longer range before I buy an electric car. " The Volt has a range of several hundred miles, probably as much as your current car. It just goes the FIRST 40 miles on electric and the rest on gas.
OHMS Champion Author Orange County Posts:10,815 Points:1,253,445 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 2:37:43 PM Ignore OHMS Report Abuse the way the dollar is going; one of those cars could be a better hedge than gold
NekoSJG Champion Author San Jose Posts:3,250 Points:574,705 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 2:32:08 PM Ignore NekoSJG Report Abuse So Chevy Cruz is Volt with no electric powerpack and is $17K but then when you add back the features that 17K goes up. Or is the electric powerpack 23K?
ncomet1 Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,289 Points:408,780 Joined:Nov 2009	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 1:14:21 PM Ignore ncomet1 Report Abuse I would buy one if it did not cost so much and if I needed a new car. Maybe by the time I need a new car the price will come down and will also have all the bugs worked out by that time.
dacofa Champion Author Nevada Posts:3,231 Points:697,485 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:50:50 AM Ignore dacofa Report Abuse It's a POS and should be named one.
bluehawk43 All-Star Author Arkansas Posts:679 Points:503,890 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:09:53 AM Ignore bluehawk43 Report Abuse Is is worth $20,000 plus interest just to have bragging rights?
GingoutMD Champion Author Maryland Posts:2,322 Points:477,680 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 9:02:07 AM Ignore GingoutMD Report Abuse This first EVolution of the EV car is good for those who want to buy the car on principle, not on cost. I will wait until I see how they pan out after a couple of years of true road testing.
Dr Gas Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:2,423 Points:301,455 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 9:00:41 AM Ignore Dr Gas Report Abuse This says it all. If the buyers DON'T sing the praises of the Volt it will slowly die off. I bet Chevy somehow sets up testimonials of Volt buyers to spread the word. But why not buy the Cruze for less than half the price?????
SteveSeattle Veteran Author Seattle Posts:291 Points:98,740 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 8:35:35 AM Ignore SteveSeattle Report Abuse It has to be longer range before I buy an electric car.