the Volt was championed two years before Obama was elected and championed by Bob Lutz
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Lutz believed we’d have better batteries by now ... A car that can only go 30 miles on battery IF YOU DON’T USE THE A/C ,, or can only go 20 miles on battery IF YOU USE THE HEAT ... isn’t what we need ... the car is so inferior to the Cruze it isn’t funny ... I’ll take a Cruze ECO above this anytime.
Niedermeyr: You say the Volt “can only go 30 miles on battery IF YOU DON’T USE THE A/C ,, or can only go 20 miles on battery IF YOU USE THE HEAT.”
Your ignorance is showing. I really wish you knew what you were talking about before disparaging a great guy like Lutz, and a great American car that uses almost exlcusively made-in-USA fuel like the Volt. I have had my Volt for almost 11 months, and 10,000+ miles. Last summer, me, my wife, my daughter and my future-son-in-law went to a lake 25 miles away in 95 degree weather, and I had the A/C on (interior set to 75 degrees), and the Volt was fully loaded with beach chairs, blankets, coolers, etc. That was the worst all-electric mileage I ever got up to that point, and I went 40.9 miles before the engine started.
In the winter, I set my Volt’s interior temp to 75 degrees and I have never seen anything as low as 20 miles on a charge. The worst has been 25 miles, but usually it’s in the low 30s during the winter.