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Toyota and Nissan Shift From Electric Vehicles; Death Knell for Chevy Volt?
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| February 5, 2013
| Mark Modica
Posted on 02/05/2013 9:26:42 AM PST by jazusamo
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:26:58 AM PST
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
Austin, the Leftist capital of TX, has installed numerous charging stations that are rarely used. What a boondoggle.
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:35:18 AM PST
by
txrefugee
To: jazusamo; All
Just as long the GM is a subsidy of the Federal Government, no way in hell is the Volt going away..
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:39:28 AM PST
by
KevinDavis
(And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.)
To: jazusamo
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.
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:42:49 AM PST
by
saleman
(!!!!)
To: jazusamo
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.
To: saleman
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.
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:46:12 AM PST
by
jazusamo
("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:46:33 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: jazusamo
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.
To: KevinDavis
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.
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:54:16 AM PST
by
jazusamo
("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
To: txrefugee
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.
To: jazusamo
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.
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posted on
02/05/2013 9:55:40 AM PST
by
ExSoldier
(Stand up and be counted... OR LINE UP AND BE NUMBERED...)
To: ExSoldier
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posted on
02/05/2013 10:01:17 AM PST
by
jazusamo
("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
To: jazusamo
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.
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posted on
02/05/2013 10:06:48 AM PST
by
ExSoldier
(Stand up and be counted... OR LINE UP AND BE NUMBERED...)
To: jazusamo
The Green Police ain’t gonna like this one...
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posted on
02/05/2013 10:07:16 AM PST
by
MichaelCorleone
(A return to Jesus and prayer in the schools is the only way.)
To: ExSoldier; All
Sorry the Federal Government should not be in the Auto business..
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posted on
02/05/2013 10:10:30 AM PST
by
KevinDavis
(And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.)
To: jazusamo
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.....
To: jazusamo
Time for BO to issue an Executive Order, mandating that people buy electric cars. /sarc
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posted on
02/05/2013 10:21:08 AM PST
by
Nevermore
(...just a typical cracker, clinging to my Constitutional rights...)
To: Da Coyote
Well said, agree on all points.
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posted on
02/05/2013 10:27:14 AM PST
by
jazusamo
("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
To: Da Coyote
I would add...Do away with the taxpayer subsidies and tax credits.
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posted on
02/05/2013 10:29:30 AM PST
by
jazusamo
("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
To: jazusamo
—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.
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posted on
02/05/2013 10:34:30 AM PST
by
justice14
("Christ is Victorious" // twitter; @rjustice21)
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