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G.M. Puts $41,000 Price Tag on the Volt (If you had the money, would you buy?)
New York Times ^ | 07/27/2010 | Nick Bunkley

Posted on 07/27/2010 12:04:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

DETROIT — The Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in car capable of driving about 40 miles at a time on battery power without using any gasoline, will have a sticker price of $41,000 before a $7,500 federal tax credit, General Motors said Tuesday.

G.M. will also lease the Volt for $350 a month in the hopes of attracting consumers who want lower monthly payments or would hesitate to buy the vehicle until they are more comfortable with its technology.

The carmaker has begun taking orders for the Volt, using the Web site to direct consumers to a participating dealer. Dealers in selected states, including California, New York and Michigan, are scheduled to begin receiving the vehicle in November.

G.M. had kept the Volt’s price a secret since introducing the model as a concept more than three years ago, though executives had hinted that it would cost about $40,000. The price is considerably more than the Nissan Leaf, a pure electric car that goes on sale for $32,780 in December, but G.M. insists the Volt is a better value.

“You can drive it cross country, and our competition can’t do that,” Joel Ewanick, G.M.’s vice president for United States marketing, said. Nissan’s Leaf is expected to have a range of about 100 miles on a battery charge. The Volt has a small gasoline engine — which will require premium fuel, G.M. said Tuesday — that will give the car a total range of about 340 miles and allow drivers to fill up at a gas station if they cannot immediately charge the battery.

Both G.M. and Nissan are counting on the government’s $7,500 tax credit for plug-in cars to go a long way toward making their vehicles more affordable.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: electriccar; generalmotors; gm; volt
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To: SeekAndFind
What an ugly reVOLTING car.
101 posted on 07/27/2010 12:48:22 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (NOVEMBER-2-2010!)
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To: Howie66
I like the custom built golf carts much better... besides a golf cart with a roof like the Volt is useless !!!!


102 posted on 07/27/2010 12:48:28 PM PDT by maddog55 (OBAMA, Why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
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To: brytlea

Once these things become mandatory to own under the Obama Regime, we’ll hear about the evils of BIG ELECTRIC!


103 posted on 07/27/2010 12:49:00 PM PDT by JenB987 (I'm still an American and 'til they take that away from me there's no day ruined. - El Rushbo)
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To: central_va
At 12 cents a kilowatt hour the calculation might work like this:

Two bad assumptions. 100% efficiency in the charging process and the actual cost of the electricity. I pulled this table out of the SDG&E web page for residential rates. If you are charging that car daily, you'll be bumping your rates up. At 131% of baseline, your rate doubles. That puts the price even with gasoline, but with poorer performance by every useful measure including range and initial acquisition cost.

Residential Electric Rate

Tiers

Total standard electric
rates per kWh

 

 

Summer

Winter

Baseline *

Tier 1

13¢

13¢

101% to 130% of baseline

Tier 2

15¢

15¢

131% to 200% of baseline

Tier 3

27¢

26¢

Above 200% of baseline

Tier 4

29¢

28¢


104 posted on 07/27/2010 12:51:19 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: tet68

Yep. Call me when they add another *zero* to that total.


105 posted on 07/27/2010 12:52:27 PM PDT by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: nascarnation

Hell, you shoulda changed the clutch on my Mustang - I needed about 5 different tools just to reach the bolts, let alone drop the trans. :)


106 posted on 07/27/2010 12:54:31 PM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: Larry - Moe and Curly
I was one of those guys (”fools”, if you will) who 30 years ago was buying CP/M computers at $3,000 with 64K of RAM.

I still have a couple H8 computers around that boot CP/M, HDOS or UCSD Pascal. They were expensive at the time, but served to launch a whole new career.

107 posted on 07/27/2010 12:55:17 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: SeekAndFind
G.M. Puts $41,000 Price Tag on the Volt (If you had the money, would you buy?)

I have and I won't! 40 miles in AZ won't get you to the next town.

108 posted on 07/27/2010 12:57:08 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: RavenATB
Damned expensive way to express your narcissism.

AND environmentalism....

109 posted on 07/27/2010 1:01:13 PM PDT by Born Conservative ("I'm a fan of disruptors" - Nancy Pelosi)
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To: SeekAndFind

oh boy - a $41K Chevy Vega.


110 posted on 07/27/2010 1:06:36 PM PDT by Puddleglum ("due to the record harvest, rationing will continue as usual")
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To: ken5050

I will NEVER, Never again buy anything from Government Motors


111 posted on 07/27/2010 1:07:26 PM PDT by slorunner
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To: SeekAndFind
The wife and I both drive Dodges, and really like them (bought new from the same dealer, both at once, 3rd time). But after the bailouts, we will, as another freeper put it, be buying "Ford or foreign" in the future, and no sale or credit will change that even if they are giving them away.

No mas.
112 posted on 07/27/2010 1:09:34 PM PDT by domeika
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To: SeekAndFind

Plenty of new cars today for less than $15k that get high mileage.

At 30 MPG driving 15k miles annually, paying $4/gallon, you could get 13 years of free gas for the cost difference of $26k (without accounting for VOLTage costs).


113 posted on 07/27/2010 1:18:18 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: Dallas59

114 posted on 07/27/2010 1:19:12 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: SeekAndFind
If the Volt uses a small gasoline engine to keep the battery charged wouldn't a less expensive and more practical hybrid make more sense?

Note the estimated 40 miles per charge for the Volt or 100 miles for the Nissan Leaf are likely figured at moderate temperatures with no use of heaters, defrosters air conditioners, stereo system or windshield wipers. If temperatures drop below freezing range would further be reduced. Recharging the battery takes at least 30 minutes from and electrical outlet. I can't imagine anyone finding these as practical and in the northern part of the country they would be almost useless during the winter.

115 posted on 07/27/2010 1:20:19 PM PDT by The Great RJ (The Bill of Rights: Another bill members of Congress haven't read.)
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To: maddog55

lol


116 posted on 07/27/2010 1:22:00 PM PDT by Howie66 (I can see November from my house.)
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To: Dallas59
What they showed...

What we get...

Actually, the production model looks like this ...

But still a far cry from the concept.

117 posted on 07/27/2010 1:23:53 PM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: The Great RJ

I would dislike messing around with a power cord...


118 posted on 07/27/2010 1:26:32 PM PDT by olepap (God help us)
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To: reagan_fanatic
,

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119 posted on 07/27/2010 1:28:03 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: SeekAndFind
Someone with Al Gore's money??? Now I'd like to see if he actually puts his money where his mouth is.

Al's too busy putting his money where his second chakra is...

120 posted on 07/27/2010 1:29:07 PM PDT by Hoffer Rand (There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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