The estimated msrp should be under $30,000 US, and if GM doesn't screw this one up, it should go on sale in 2011. I wonder how it'd function in extreme cold weather?
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vlad1967 |
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No, not the Ace Frehley song, I was reading a bit about the upcoming electric car, the Chevy Volt. Unlike current hybrids, which have a completely separate
electric and gas motor for providing power to the car, the Volt runs completely off the electric motor, with the gas motor acting only as an electric generator
once you've gone beyond the 40 mile range of the batteries. So if you never go more than 40 miles, you never burn any gas. Once you do, you get about 50
mpg.
The estimated msrp should be under $30,000 US, and if GM doesn't screw this one up, it should go on sale in 2011. I wonder how it'd function in extreme cold weather?
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My question is how small is it and what does it look like ... some of those hybrids are TINY! And ugly LOL!!! For $30k I want something with some room and
good looks too LOL!
Kas
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What I want is something the size of a mini Cooper with a small truck bed or flatdeck, in behind the cab big enough to get a 6 foot 2x4 in it. Run the damn
thing with a 450cc Honda bike motor that gets 50MPG. Perfect. At 2 bucks a litre it would still be under 50 bucks to fill and run for two weeks and be useful.
Longer road trips I'd rent a car.
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Pretty sure the Volt comes in a 2 or 4 door, and is purty sporty looking. I'll see if'n I can't rustle up a picture of it for you, Miss Kass.
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There ya go. Sporty lil bugger if I do say so myself.
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Where's the truck bed. How the hell am I going to get the 2x4s in there?
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sexyvampyre1313 |
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NIIIIIIIIIIIIICE I could go for that one :P Maybe we shouldn't try to buy a car within the next year and we should wait for that one :P
Kas
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Harry Fielder |
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I'll keep this one a bit longer....
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absyntheimmortal |
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What a cool antique car! What make is it?
The Volt looks awesome, I don't know if my vehicle will last til 2011..but it would be prudent to wait for it! Gas just went to 4 bucks a gallon for regular, just like they predicted for the first of June.. sorta makes you feel like someone is manipulating the prices to put us in a major squeeze. Everything I read says this is supply and demand, but I got my serious doubts. Abs |
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Harry Fielder |
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Hi ya, the price of gas in the UK is now about ten bucks (£5) a gallon.
The old car in the pic was used on a tv production I got to work on (Thomas and Sarah) and I think it was set in the 20s.. I was in the biz for 32 years and had a great life.... Aitch,
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absyntheimmortal |
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Damn ten bucks!?? I guess we shouldn't be complaining!!
Great car! and I imagine working in the biz was great fun.. feel free to share some of your stories, I know I would love to hear some of them! Abs |
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