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I was interested in buying one of these however I will wait to see how reliable they are and what the trade in value's of them will be in a few years. That should be a good indicator of what's to come..
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The Volt truly has the ability to become the Grand Daddy of everything to come but we as a society have to buy in. Think of this in the same way we think of technology. Remember when a 52 inch plasma flat screen TV used to cost 10 grand? How about when we used to pay 100 bucks for one meg of Ram?
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I don't need an electric vehicle to go 70 or 101 mph. What I do need for it to do is operate without consumption of gasoline.
If my wife buys a Volt and her daily commute is 15-20 miles, and the Volt can be plugged in every night, how much gas will she use each month? The answer to this question will be a deciding factor on the purchase of a Volt. Some of the mpg ratings in that story were horrible.
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she should never need a drop of gas if she drives it less than 40 miles a day and can charge it between trips.
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That's a good answer, I hope it's true.
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Wow, there was a lot of information to process in this thread. Very good read.
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As for the battery longevity, its my understanding that there should be minimal degradation over the first 10 years since it will only use roughly half its capacity on a regular basis. This preserves the battery and provides a buffer as it slowly losses capacity
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Haha! Wouldn't that be a change....
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As for the Volt owner not saving money..................let's look at an experiment.
Let's say gas is ONLY $3.00 per gallon. Let's compare a 2011 Cruze (loaded at 26,800) and a Volt ($44,000 Loaded) Let's subtract the $7,500 tax incentive so now we are at 26,800 vs. 36,500 or simply $10,000 premium for the Volt. So let's say you are one of the customers (70%) that only drive 40 miles per day. For the comparision, let's say you can get 32 mpg real world driving with the Cruze (not the 40 you'd get for pure highway driving) So 40 miles per day x 7 days per week, x 52 weeks per year. That's 14,560 miles 14,560 divided by 32 mpg is 455 gallons x $3.00 per gallon equals $1,365 in fuel cost per year SAVED by the Volt driver. So only looking at the 8 years of battery warranty you would save $10,920. That saves the Volt drive $900. If you expand that for additional years, the savings continues at $1,365 per year. And the savings go up if gas goes up or if you compare to a car that gets worse FE than a Cruze. I'm not betting on gas staying as low as it is over the next several years either. So it isn't a money loser at all.
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Because if its mechanically driven, its not driven solely by electricity and therefore cannot be an EV like GM's been claiming
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