Posted on 02/16/2012 9:36:48 AM PST by jazusamo
Not sure why this is not getting more press. There is an open cabal of crony capitalist fascism which is operating publicly. GE paid 0 taxes. They are buying fleets of Government Motors built government mandated Volts. This sort of thing gets me so upset I have no words. This integration of government and business is going to destroy the US if it hasn’t already happened. This is the greatest threat to freedom. I don’t understand why people are not totally irate over this. Does anyone get how much more dangerous this is than Iran? We can carpet bomb Iran overnight. We are on the precipice of living in Jericho minus the nuclear fallout.
I agree but the tax credit for EV’s should be done away with completely, of course that won’t happen until Obama is gone.
When does the fed.gov start charging use tax on elect vehilces driven on roads. To date, Fed gasoline taxes have been used for this purpose.
The states will jump on this as well, Wash state already has.
Coal powered cars are much cleaner than gasoline powered cars......
You’re right about this being a real threat to our freedom. The leftist press is in the tank for the turkey in the WH, they’re in love with him so they will not cover these type stories.
Wonder how many on the management team are buying Volts for the $10,000 credit and re-selling them to the company?...
You know WITHOUT the credit.?... pocketing the credit?..
Congress should disallow the EV tax credit for the Volt, which is in essence, a Hybrid.
Yep, I live in WA and they just passed a $100 a year fee for EV’s. All the states will eventually do so and that fee will grow as time passes, the feds will do it also when larger numbers are on the highways.
Did you notice the department is GE Healthcare? Affordable Care Act anyone? Btw, they just signed a deal with Microsoft to build the IT infrastructure that will be needed for them to datamine all the medical data.
That wouldn’t be surprising. Last year some dealers took the tax credit then sold the cars to other new and used car dealers, there’ll be more scams I’m sure.
I noticed that, too. Calculating payback isn't rocket science. If it were there, we'd see a lot more fleet sales. This is pure green pandering and the shareholders should call him out on it.
Yep, that GE Healthcare kinda jumped right out at me. Obama and his thugs fingerprints are all over this whole scam, if he’s not defeated this year our country is in real trouble.
Oh and the charging time for that (iffy) 25-50 miles: Charging times 120 V: about 10-12 hours (actual charge times may vary) 240 V: about 4 hours (actual charge times may vary) It basically means you are charging it every day (it owns you) for extremely little in return.How could 25-50 miles be "extremely little in return" when the average driver travels 29 miles per day? http://www.bts.gov/programs/national_household_travel_survey/daily_travel.html
Read my first post again. 25 miles is extremely generous to the Volt. Think of it like MPG ratings on a car: The best conditions, no stopping, no lights, no radio, no heater, tail wind, warm, downhill etc. - you name it. How do you think car manufacturers can claim MPG ratings you will never see?? The same is true for the claimed mileage range on an electric car.
Got Hills, Stop Signs, Traffic lights, Traffic on your way to work? Do you drive in the morning before light or after sunset? Do you live in the North where you would need a heater?
If your work doesn't provide electricity, you better think about real ranges (round trip) under the worst conditions if you think to "Save the Environment without using Gasoline".
What a joke. Big bucks for a tiny car that can hardly make it around a big northern city that regularly has ice, snow and that thing called Heavy Traffic.
LOLARMAOOTF
The MPG test are bogus. A driver follows a profile on a computer screen. The car is on a dynamometer in a room. They sample the exhaust to calculate fuel usage. They do not take into account hills, wheel friction, wind resistance, weight of the driver etc. Flawed to the max. You can only get these MPG if you duplicate the testing environment, ie straight and level.
You say they do not take wind resistance into account, but the bls website says, “The conditions that occur during driving, such as wind drag and inertia are accounted for on the dynamometer.”
Simulations are not the same as real life. The figures are just an estimate. This is why every MPG rating has a disclaimer.
If simulations are just an estimate, then we do not know whether hybrids and gas-powered cars are more fuel-efficient, right? Because mpg tests are done to both types of cars. Has anyone argued that these mpg tests are inaccurate? Has someone come up with an accurate measurement?
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