More Reasons To Buy An Electric Car

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Steven Goddard

h/t to DaveG

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6 Responses to More Reasons To Buy An Electric Car

Justa Joe says:

February 25, 2012 at 3:40 pm

I’m holding out for my 2012 Pelosi GTxi SS/RT Sport Edition.

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- Me says:
  
  February 25, 2012 at 6:29 pm
  
  LMAO! But does it come in GREEN!
  
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Just Think'n says:

February 25, 2012 at 5:42 pm

Cost to operate a Chevy Volt

Eric Bolling (Fox Business Channel’s Follow the Money) test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors.

For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine. Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the battery. So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh battery is approximately 270 miles. It will take you 4 1/2 hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.

According to General Motors, the Volt battery holds 16 kwh of electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery. The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I looked up what I pay for electricity. I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh. 16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery. $18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery. Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine only that gets 32 mpg. $3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile. 32miles at $0.75 per mile equates to $23.68/gal. You can be assured the suppliers of gasoline can calculate this too. I can guess where the price-per-gal of gas is going as more of these battery cars are forced upon us by “regulation” via EPA, et al.)

The gasoline powered car initially cost about $15,000 while the Volt costs $46,000. So Obama wants us to pay 3 times as much for a car that costs more than 7 times as much to run and takes 3 times as long to drive across country. REALLY?

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Squidly says:

February 25, 2012 at 7:21 pm

OMG .. ROFLMFAO … that was one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time!

Thanks! .. I really needed that!

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slimething says:

February 25, 2012 at 9:59 pm

Building a better tomorrow……tomorrow.
ROFL

The website is real.
http://obamavolt2012.com/Site/Obama_Volt_2012.html

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Joseph Gray says:

February 27, 2012 at 8:24 pm

How about some input from an actual Volt owner. I get 80+ miles per gallon and with a 240Volt Charger I can completely charge my volt from a depleated battery in less than 4 hours. The only way I’ve ever experienced 25 miles in a charge is when I’m driving like a maniac breaking and accelerating hard. However, if I’m conservative in my breaking and accelerating I can milk 40-50 miles to a charge. Following this biased reporting, there has been an email circulating with really bad math referencing Bolling’s reporting for credibility. It’s already been debunked. See http://forums.phishhook.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=864434&start=0

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