somewhere, Darwin is smiling...
Posted on 03/12/2015 6:34:38 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
General Motors is recalling the extended range electric Chevy Volt because of a possible carbon monoxide risk.
When the Volt is in electric mode it’s very quiet so it’s easy for a driver to forget to shut it off and when that happens the battery drains and the gasoline generator starts and if the car is parked in the garage the fumes can get into the house.
Two people have been overcome by carbon monoxide after fumes built up in their houses reports WWJ AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert.
The fix will limit the time that a parked Volt can be left running.
The recall involves 64,000 Volts from the 2011 to 2013 model years.
Electric Vehicles run on coal.
Yes. I was thinking of posting a similar thought.
Better that than sending 18% of our gasoline bills to OPEC.
Besides, only 40% is coal. The rest is much, much cleaner.
Or how about raise up a billboard about how stupid some people are to run gas engines in closed garages.
You beat me to it.
Some kind of hybrid would do well for me, but I still feel really annoyed that some people have no common sense when it comes to running a car engine in a garage. This is dumber than leaving a child in a bath tub unsupervised. Should we recall bathtubs just because some children will drown in them? I don’t think so.
somewhere, Darwin is smiling...
Saves the Environment by killing the Occupants
The problem is they pull it in and leave the electric on. It drains the batteries down to the point the ICE kicks on hours later to maintain the battery charge, filling the garage with CO/CO2/etc.
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?
I don't blame you for not knowing because when the Volt first came out, a lot of anti-EV pundits did their best to mislead people into thinking that you would get stranded in a Volt if the battery ran out.
Unfortunately, a lot of people got their first impression of the Volt in that way and don't realize that it just turns into a regular gasoline car when the 40-mile battery runs out.
Oh by the way, the Volt was announced in 2007 before Obama was elected. Also, all that stuff about it catching on fire turned out to be baloney as well.
In my opinion, driving a Volt is a good way for Americans to stick it to OPEC.
There, I fixed it for you. Less than 40% of our electricity comes from coal. The rest comes from much cleaner sources.
First cut off subsidies and bail outs
Regardless, Electric cars are no more energy efficient than internal combustion engine cars. Add in the lack of range and it is not an option for most people.
I can only imagine the lack of range on a 10 degree day in Illinois. I would suspect the heater would suck up allot of the potential range.
Your cute little pic most conveniently left out a HUGE source of fuel for power plants: That’s right, OIL! The very common turbine power generation plants use good old oil.
Nope. Oil makes up 1% of our electricity production. You are thinking of natural gas turbines.
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