Posted on 02/22/2012 11:04:13 PM PST by Lmo56
General Motors and General Electric are two companies that have been in the political crosshairs lately. GM stands accused of crony capitalism, while GE is under fire for paying no Federal income taxes in 2010. The two companies share more than that though, with GE placing an order for 12,000 Chevy Volts and other hybrid vehicles.
A memo leaked to Green Car Reports lays out GEs plans for their new fleet of Volts, and as expected, it has some people crying foul.
The memo, sent to employees of GE Healthcare Americas team explains that all sedan, crossover, and minivan purchases in 2012 will be replaced by the Chevy Volt. Only field engineers are excepted from having to drive a company Volt.
GE will offer estimates for installation Level 2 Charging Stations, though all-gas use will be allowed when there is no electric option. Any employees who opt out of the Volt program will not be compensated for their expenses. Those who do choose to drive the Volt will be reimbursed for public charging and home charging costs, in addition to gas uses.
While some people are probably put off by having to drive a Volt, GE claims to have crunched the numbers and believes that in the long term, this will save the multi-national company big bucks. More than that though, GE is positioning itself as a big player in the EV charging market. Getting employees into Volts also means getting charging stations into homes.
Its a bold move to be sure, and it will hopefully prove to be a boon to the Volts flagging sales numbers. GM had hopped to sell as many as 60,000 Volts in 2012, before dropping that number to 45,000. Will they even make that number though? Hard to tell, though GEs business will go a long way towards giving the Volt some sales momentum.
charging station out side.. electricity... water...
As long as things are installed and grounded properly, it works. I know when I was up in Northern Canada they had 220 volt plug-ins for vehicle heaters (100 ton mining trucks).
My buddy has his charger in the garage I think, but mostly he charges at work for free, probably on taxpayer tab.
Of course.
The question is... Is the volt properly grounded?
Good to know they havent enslaved you to the highest gas prices possible.
:)
I also got a $500.00 rebate for being an honorably discharged veteran, which I thought was a really nice gesture on their part...
the infowarrior
Electric cars are a scam when it’s sold as “good for the enviornment” when close to 70% of electricity in the US is created through burning coal.
Liberals are so stupid they can’t even understand they hate their own ideas. To fully use the idea of electric cars we would need a bigger grid (screw the snail darters) and most of our power coming from nuclear reactors which they hate because of their indoctrination over the last 35 years (and a badly written and acted movie).
Geez, when are people going to just start shunning liberals? Quit hiring them. Quit serving them in your store or your restaurant or gas station or hotel. Make sure your kids bully theirs! lol
There was a thread the other day with the subject of Washington State considering a $100 fee for owners of electric vehicles since they are buying less gas - thus paying less state tax for road use maintenance ...
I posted as to whether Washington State would impose a fee on the people WHO DON'T OWN electric vehicles - since they DON'T use EXTRA electricity to charge their cars and, thus, DO NOT generate EXTRA state tax for Washington State's coffers ...
I HIGHLY doubt the tax on the electricity is remotely cost to what is charge (by the state) per gallon.
That dog don’t hunt.
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