Posted on 09/13/2012 10:28:48 AM PDT by jazusamo
That has been one of my complaints about this whole fiasco --- there is no infrastructure to support these things. I think that the Sears in our local mall has a couple of charging stations outside of it's store. However, that is the only charging station I have ever seen, anywhere.
A lot of decent cars were taken off the market because of that.
My buddy drives one and he is probably to the right of Atilla the Hun.His reasoning is he needed a new car for short mileage trips around town and when he saw the amount of tax credits available he jumped at the lease.
What is going to happen to these Dolts, when they come off lease?
I suspect the dealers and their financing buddies are betting on the come that these vehicles will be worth more than what they have invested.
From the looks of sales of the Volt and demand in the future it looks to me they're taking a very big gamble.
With a crony/in-law/relative of Julian Fidel Castro in charge of them, no doubt...
Before you laugh too hard, think about this. Part of that $7500 is money out of your pocket that you’ll never see again. I could give two large craps about the environment, but I’m thinking of getting in on one of these crazy lease deals. Its only fair, I already paid taxes toward one. Granted, I’m in a unique situation where it could actually be financially beneficial to me. I don’t pay for electricity in my garage and I hardly drive since I work from home.
If I got one, and you laughed at me, I’d laugh right back. I won’t vote for socialism, but I’ll be dang sure to try to get my money back. Thanks for subsidizing my travel ;)
No infrastructure? Do you have outlet in your garage? Do you see gas stations every 2 miles?
There’s plenty wrong with the Volt and the GM bailout, but plug-in hybrids are a great direction towards energy independence. The morons currently running our country are unfortunately trying to shove the things down our throats instead of letting the market naturally and efficiently develop and refine the technology.
How great would it be to have private companies buy into parking lots setting up “charging meters”. Plug-in owners would glady pay a small premium on top of the local per-kwh charge for electricity.
The technology has a great capability to create new markets for private sector entrepreneurs while sending less oil money overseas.
Yes, there is no plug-in market. Chevy is creating that market with the Volt. Toyota did the same thing with the Prius back in the day. They sold Pri at a loss so that they could get them on the road and create a market for them. Look at it today, millions have been sold.
You say that consumers don’t want high efficiency vehicles? Bull. If the car is fast, reliable, and handles well then efficiency is a nice bonus. It is the cost for the batteries that keep the price for the Volt high. Once batteries get cheaper the Volt will take off. More Volts are sold each month that the previous month.
Trash those stupid CAFE standards? Fine, then watch gas reach $7 a gallon and complain about gas prices. We are past peak oil production, we are headed downward and we have to (or get to) adapt to that.
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