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Ground-breaking electric Chevrolet Volt runs out of juice
Associated Press ^
| February 22, 2019
| Tom Krisher
Posted on 02/22/2019 8:10:01 PM PST by Olog-hai
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:10:01 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
I did notice that there is a lot less smug in the air.
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:10:41 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Olog-hai
Coal powered cars? I don’t want one.
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:12:53 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: dfwgator
wasn’t this the same car which exploded a few times?
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:14:09 PM PST
by
max americana
(Fired libtards at our company for the past 12 yrs at every election. I hope all liberals die.)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:16:00 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: dfwgator
Thats because San Francisco disappeared completely up its own assh0le.
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:16:19 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Olog-hai
So how much of my money was wasted on this stupid idea?
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:17:55 PM PST
by
FoxInSocks
("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
To: Olog-hai
Like all socialist ideas... they fail - but then they werent true socialist idea then... because only socialist ideals succeed.
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:20:41 PM PST
by
Skywise
To: Skywise
Yes, because everyone before was a “Revisionist” and not a true “Marxist-Leninist”.
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:22:35 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: ClearCase_guy
Well if you have a Volt it is already powered by coal burning generation stations.
Then if you live in the “cool” states in the Northern Tier of states you can’t get to work and back. Good friend has to give a lift to work for the last four weeks to some poor idiot that bought a “Green Plan” car!
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:23:12 PM PST
by
TaMoDee
(The Pack will be back in 2019! Go Pack!!)
To: Olog-hai
can go only 20 or so miles on electricity
...and AAA batteries are EXPENSIVE.
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:24:19 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: Olog-hai
What a POS. GM gets what they deserve and I hate it for the workers.None of the gm plants are closing in china.All the more reason to never own a gm product.
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:25:20 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Just about all steam-powered cars were gasoline-fired, for the record. Some used heavier fuel oil, but always started up with gasoline because the heavier oil needed to be used in an already-hot engine to burn more efficiently.
Also, AFAICR, Rudolf Diesel designed (or tried to design) his engine to be able to burn pulverized coal as an alternative fuel.
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:27:50 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
While it was a financial loser, it did what was intended, said retired GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, who shepherded the Volt into production. One suspects that Mister Lutz lies without worry about that pesky conscience thingy.
My questions are more focused regarding potential influence of Dem politics re the 'volt', but that's just me being suspicious.
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:27:56 PM PST
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in-never, never,never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill)
Ah, let's remember who was the ecologic-economic "genius" who helped foist this turd on America:
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:28:43 PM PST
by
Henchster
(Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
02/22/2019 8:35:09 PM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60's....You weren't really there)
To: Olog-hai
Our 2017 Volt is on it’s last month of a 3 year lease. It has been a great car. Not one problem in 30,000 miles. Fun car to drive with the instant silent torque. Electric cars are the future. I just test drove a Chevy Bolt where you can drive in stop and go traffic with one pedal (not having to take your foot off the accelerator). In a few years most electric cars will have a 400 mile range with 30 minute charging. An electric 4WD pickup is coming out next year with a 400 mile range and O-60 in 3.5 seconds. Embrace the technology.
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posted on
02/22/2019 9:04:52 PM PST
by
willk
(everyone)
To: Olog-hai
Steam power is the way to go
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posted on
02/22/2019 9:07:25 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(recovering Spokeshave from another computer.)
To: willk
Our 2017 Volt is on its last month of a 3 year lease. It has been a great car. Not one problem in 30,000 miles. Very smart to lease the car rather than buy it - that way the batteries are GM's problem and not yours when they start to deteriorate. 30,000 miles in 3 years is pretty light driving - we typically put 20,000 or more miles per year on a vehicle. So this car may have worked for you, would not for many others. Also there are a lot of "somedays" and "in the futures" in your post. I believe that someday a breakthrough battery will be discovered that will make EV's a more practical option for more of us, but the tech isn't there yet. I'll stick with IC in the meantime.
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posted on
02/22/2019 9:28:16 PM PST
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
To: spokeshave
Well, I usually think of cars such as this. This Doble Series E is one of many steam cars that Jay Leno owns. The device in front that looks like a radiator is actually a condenser, which turns the used steam back into water to get re-boiled to run through the cylinders again. The engine itself generates 1,000 lb/ft of torque.
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posted on
02/22/2019 9:31:29 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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