He has said global warming “is a total crock of sh**” and also, “I’m motivated more by the desire to replace imported oil than by the CO2 (argument).”
Electric cars have a long way to go to give us the safety margin of gasoline, I don’t want my life depending on an electric engine when driving through blizzards in the mountains, at sub zero temperatures.
Most people I know own more than one car. I believe there is worth in having one gas engine, and one electric engine vehicle in a family.
As far as I am concerned, the Volt fills a need. There are many times when cars are not driven more than ten miles on a trip. Commutes to work can be less or more than this.
As with any purchase, people need to weigh the climate they live in and other variables. If the Volt won’t work for them, I don’t care. If it will, good.
I do believe the Volt needs to pull it’s own weight. If it can’t stand on it’s own without government subsidies, then it’s time to put it to rest.
I would love to have the Cadillac ELR. It’s way overpriced, but aren’t most Cadillacs overpriced? Ah, yes.
I’d like to see folks be able to tie into their own grid at night and recharge the vehicle off stored energy captured during the day.
It does get a little old watching folks come by and trash electrics. Most of us are aware of the pros and cons. Hearing them throw a hissy fit one more time doesn’t exactly add to life.
Chevy offered a hybrid pickup truck for a few years. It sounded like a good idea to me, but apparently the market wasn’t there, as they abandoned the concept
Googling, it looks like it was available for the 2005-2013 model years, but was abandoned with the 2014s.
Think I’d hold off on investing in this new project unless there are a lot of taxpayer dollars flowing in.
my first questions as a “long timer” myself are:
who’s going to make the replacement battery and replacement engine and who’s going to sell them to me?
So how many hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars did this operation receive?
While there is a market for light duty pickups, many pickups in this area are on farms and ranches and need to haul trailers of livestock, transport feed and seed and generally haul moderate loads. I doubt any pure electric could manage and I am skeptical about hybrids.
I own a Leaf—best damn auto I’ve ever owned. I don’t care what anybody says.
I work in this industry. Infiniti is coming out with a car that will partner with Tesla and have a battery range of over 300 MPC (miles per charge).
It’s inevitable that a truck will be out soon enough with battery technology.
What’s not to like? While you pump gas weekly several times, change the oil, change spark plugs, maintain your rusty old transmission—I’m just plugging up and rotating tires.
For the foreseeable future, leasing would be the best option. The batter is like a cellphone battery and as it ages loses serious charge past two years. They’re working on this and I think a good solution will present itself soon enough.
As long as the Government isn’t involved with Tax Credits and Rebates, I’m all for any Technology that works.
The idea of Taxpayers paying the freight for my choice to drive an Electric / Hybrid Car is ridiculous.
If I had the bucks, my Wife would be driving a Tesla. I would be driving a 2015 Corvette Z06, when I’m not driving a 2015 Mustang GT 350 or a 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat, but that’s another issue.
No thanks.
Put a camper on them and the coyotes will use them to bring in some more Mexicans.
Is the goose-neck hitch to pull my RV standard equipment?
Can I ford the river with it this summer without electro-stunning the chinook and steelhead?
“high volume” assembly plant?
Are they going to force businesses to buy them?