Toyota and Nissan Shift From Electric Vehicles; Death Knell for Chevy Volt?

NLPC ^ | February 5, 2013 | Mark Modica

[txrefugee]

Austin, the Leftist capital of TX, has installed numerous charging stations that are rarely used. What a boondoggle.

[KevinDavis]

Just as long the GM is a subsidy of the Federal Government, no way in hell is the Volt going away..

[saleman]

Second article in two days and this one is just as wrong as the other. The Prius as well as the Volt are not pure electric vehicles. They are hybrids. They have a conventional gas engine as well as electric capability. You can drive just as far in either as a conventional car.

Cars and guns. Two things people who have no idea what they are talking about,having no problem sharing their ignorance.

[SoothingDave]

The Volt may be an overpriced car that nobody wants, but it is not a pure plug-in electric car. That is what the article is talking about.

The Volt runs on gasoline if it is out of charge. The Leaf does not.

[jazusamo]

End of the fourth paragraph in this article.

It is important to note that the criticisms are aimed at plug-in EVs and not hybrids like the Toyota Prius.

[Army Air Corps]

Auto Ping.

[I want the USA back]

The government will use our money to prop up a failing system. Only government can do this. Government just raises taxes when its policies fail, as they always do.

[jazusamo]

Agreed...GM can afford to lose money on the sale or lease of every Volt as long as taxpayers subsidize GM sales and their finance company Ally Financial.

[woodbutcher1963]

Last time I went to Logan airport in Boston they had charging stations for electric cars with parking spots right next to the elevator in the parking garage. There were about 6 spots all empty. Each one had a sign: parking for electric vehicle only. The rest of the garage was full.

[ExSoldier]

I wouldn't write them all off just yet. Heck, I'd buy one of THESE if I could afford one and if they continue to be successful, the prices will come down.

[jazusamo]

You're right, there's a niche for $100K electrics for those loaded with dough but Tesla is subsidized by taxpayers also.

The Tesla Model S: Your Tax Dollars at Work?

[ExSoldier]

As I said, if they work out, the prices will come down to affordable ranges and that would be worthwhile. What's the harm in investing if there is a chance it might really work out for all of us? It's a helluva a vehicle. When you look at some of the pork Congress invests in that really is pure drivel, this one isn't so bad.

[MichaelCorleone]

The Green Police ain’t gonna like this one...

[KevinDavis]

Sorry the Federal Government should not be in the Auto business..

[Da Coyote]

I would love a good electric car.

However, I - as pretty much all of the science community - know that 1) we just don’t have suitable batteries yet, and 2) had we the batteries, we don’t have the power grid capacity.

I really wish that politicians would attack problems about which they had adequate intellect...such as.....er....uh.....

[Nevermore]

Time for BO to issue an Executive Order, mandating that people buy electric cars. /sarc

[jazusamo]

Well said, agree on all points.

[jazusamo]

I would add...Do away with the taxpayer subsidies and tax credits.

[justice14]

—I would add...Do away with the taxpayer subsidies and tax credits.—

There is nothing I hate more than duping people into buying something with Government “tax credits”. Government shouldn’t pick and choose winners and losers (they mostly pick losers). Anything not good enough to make it without subsidies isn’t good enough to begin with.