somewhere, Darwin is smiling...The real issue here is, did GM actually sell 64K?
I didn’t even know they sold 64,000 Volts
Heck, who needs chemtrails when ya can just gas em in a car. :-!
Maybe euthanasia friendly nations will buy them and take the elderly and sick for a ride.
But seriesly.. They don’t even know the engine is running?
Nader needs to put out a book about the Volt.....
UNSAFE AT ANY LOCATION!
I hate it when I turn off my car but various electronic gremlins continue to drain the battery. (Not to speak of internal battery currents)
Okay, so idiots that don’t know how to operate vehicle they are driving leave them on parked in their garages and this is GM’s fault how? I drive the roads with morons who can afford an expensive car but have no clue how to drive it, every single day, is that a reason to blame the auto manufacturer?
Wait.
People are too stupid to realize that running a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine in a garage WITHOUT an exhaust tube on the pipe leading outdoors can be lethal....
Yet, it’s the MANUFACTURER’S fault?!?!
Man, people are right.
Stupid should hurt.
Well, I never go anywhere without my personal CO2 detector that fits right on my key chain.
Looks like GM was trying to put an end to some of the stupid.
Need a "High Voltage" warning, heh heh...
Or how about raise up a billboard about how stupid some people are to run gas engines in closed garages.
somewhere, Darwin is smiling...Saves the Environment by killing the Occupants
Since I choose to ignore GM and this damn Volt thing that Obunga so highly approved of, I was unaware it was not 100% electric. Thought it was just a big golf cart like that Datsun Leaf thing?
I thought they were carbon free??????
Fake News!
You are trying. Is your homeroom filled with sophomoric ass kisserrrs, of the President of the United States of America?
Here is a Volt owner's post from April 2012 describing the problem:
Volt Gave Me a Scare
A few days ago I went out to my garage (on some random errand) and found my Volt running on the ICE. The garage itself was filled with exhaust and the Volt was plugged into the 120v charger still (and charging).I was able to pop open the garage door quickly, and (after 2 tries since I didn't have my keys on me) get the car moved out to the driveway and off.
I have since decided that I probably left the car on when I parked it a few hours earlier, and have been unable to reproduce the problem (ie ICE engine starting while plugged in) over the last few nights. What is confusing me is that when I first got into the vehicle (engine running but no keys), the dash showed the estimated time to full charge screen but no other displays, suggesting that the car was 'off'. It also would not let me move the vehicle or turn it off because there was no key present.
Has anyone else had a similar issue? Did I just leave it on? And even if I did, why would the ICE be running while it was on the charger (I don't recall if the battery was full or discharged after I got it started up afterwards)?
Suggestion to GM: If the car is charging and the main battery is discharged, TURN OFF THE VEHICLE instead of running the ICE to maintain charge!!!!
I am just thankful that I needed a beer and happened to need a trip to the garage, esp with my 2 year old sleeping in the room above (no exhaust smell in his room, but we opened a few windows just to be sure). Remember kids, beer saves lives so drink often!
fta... When the Volt is in electric mode it’s very quiet so it’s easy for a driver to forget to shut it off ...
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Confirms the IQ level of people who buy electric autos.
Can’t believe they sold 64k Volts. I’m in the DFW Metro and I’ve only seen maybe a half-dozen when out running errands.