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Chevy Volt to cost $41,000 before rebate (ObamaMobile goes on sale)
State-controlled Los Angeles Times ^
| July 27, 2010
| Jerry Hirsch
Posted on 07/27/2010 1:33:13 PM PDT by USALiberty
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To: Tarpon
Because they use “rare earth” minerals, which aren’t really that rare after all. But, when they were discovered, they were hard to get to, so they were called “rare earth”.
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posted on
07/27/2010 1:59:57 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: digger48
Most of the special “metals” used in these batteries come from China. Now how dumb can we be???
To: Bubba_Leroy
“English Translation: We are all buying electric cars. Most of us are being forced to buy them for other people to drive.”
Yes, the never ending stimulus.
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:00:49 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Bubba_Leroy
English Translation: We are all buying electric cars. Most of us are being forced to buy them for other people to drive.
We need to DEMAND the repeal of that tax credit after November!
To: OldMissileer
I wouldn't be surprised if extra gas taxes are imposed to subsidize electric vehicle recharging. Heck, our gas taxes go to silly mass transit trains, so why not?
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:03:34 PM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(More Central Planning is not the solution to the failures of Central Planning)
To: USALiberty
I’ve taken a job requiring a big commute and really need to get rid of my old car.
I’m pleasantly surprised at how little the Prius costs after a couple years, and the gas mileage is great.
Haven’t test driven one, so I am not sure if I would like it...heard they can be annoying when the transmission shifts.
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:06:06 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
To: Spktyr
It has an onboard generator - it actually has unlimited mileage... as long as you keep feeding it that eeeeeeevil gasoline.No silly - you just mount the optional windmill on the roof, which will turn a generator, which will charge the battery that will power the motor. Congress will repeal the law of conservation of energy to make all this possible.
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:06:25 PM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(0bama is dangerous and must be stopped.)
To: Bubba_Leroy
here’s a fun comment from the link:
sonicthreat at 12:48 PM July 27, 2010
Where are the tax breaks for ALL THE POOR PEOPLE who have been riding bikes and mass transportation for years? Regardless of intent these people leave a smaller carbon footprint than their richer, car driving counter-parts every day. These incentives are for rich(er) people. Complete bias based on wealth.
For you fake green people talking about how another car is going to help save the planet time to wake up. You can not have your cake and eat it too. The real change that you are all too comfortable to make is ...
a. Sell your car and never buy another.
b. Move close to work.
c. Buy a bike and learn to live your life differently.
d. Use mass transportation.
If you do not do the four points above then please don’t brag about your “contribution”.
Btw ... 411 ... our planet is going to be just fine. The same way our planet was doing just fine when it was so young it couldn’t support life. Our planet is not going anywhere. Stop your silly worrying. We deserve to go extinct if we can not take care of our world
To: USALiberty
Government Motors? Not thanks, I’ll stick with my Mitsubishi Lancer that’s been getting ~35mpg.
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:06:47 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: Sacajaweau
There was a History Channel show that lamented the nickel mines of Siberia. Horrid conditions, without a doubt. But the gist of it was, they wouldn't have be working in such deplorable conditions if it weren't for the American need for the product.
Of course, this aired during GW's term.
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:07:14 PM PDT
by
digger48
(and)
To: USALiberty
Anyone checked on the price to replace those batteries? Recharging won't matter when you have to shell out $10 grand on batteries for your little lawnmower engine to charge.
I hope EVERYBODY buys one, and I hope it will be EDSEL of the 21st century so everyone will finally see what a bunch of buffoons gore and obama turn out to be.
They're building high speed trains all over, THAT is what they will put us on for any distances over 40 miles, and the "golf carts" will be just to get us to our assigned work locations to pay into dear reader's tax bucket.
But, it's got an "onboard gasoline engine" to recharge the batteries; my lawn tractor has an 8-gallon tank...it takes over $20 to fill up my LAWN MOWER at today's prices. If obama has his way for $10 per gallon gasoline, and you need just 8 gallons in this pukewagon, it will still be $80 for a fillup.
When those expense recharge batteries take their last charge before going belly-up, people will be riding around on that little gasoline engine's generator before shelling out the money for new batteries.
Think, Edsel, Corvair, Pinto, Vega, all of the brilliant ideas that flopped. Welcome the VOLT to the bunch.
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:08:07 PM PDT
by
FrankR
(It doesn't matter what they call us, only what we answer to....)
To: USALiberty
What a shock—the value of all the government rebates goes to the GM owners, er, make that unions!
To: AU72
“We don’t have enough coal now to run our power plants.”
Yes, we do. We have over 100 years worth of coal.
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:10:05 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
("Idiocracy" is not just a movie.)
To: Dallas59
basically about the same as a Prius mpg.
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:10:34 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
To: TigersEye
“Just imagine what kind of resto you could do to an old classic car with $41k. You could put every conceivable luxury add-on in it.”
Or I could bolt on a twin-turbo setup with all the supporting mods on my 2008 Shelby GT500 and have a 1000hp ZR-1 killer.
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:15:52 PM PDT
by
SVTCobra03
(You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
To: digger48
4 hours at 220V. Wouldnt that be like 4 hours with the dryer on high? or your water heater?
As compared to a some gas cars that can go that far on $2.79 worth of unleaded?
I just bought a 2011 Sonata that averaged 38.5 and 39.1 on my first two 200 mile round trip to visit relatives and I go over high elevations both to and from Palm Springs to Orange county CA. Sonata runs $22,000 Plus depending on options. Sonata is built by non union American workers in Tennessee. I didn’t even consider GM when looking.
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:16:13 PM PDT
by
Joan Kerrey
(here's my checkbook and my car-keys, my credit carThe bigger the government = The smaller the people)
To: Cobra64
That guy screams “gay dim”.
LLS
To: Joan Kerrey
With all the incentives, why doesn't the gov't just buy everyone (at least the po folk) one of these? They're dirt cheap and get great mileage if you don't mind getting squished like a bug.
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:20:02 PM PDT
by
umgud
(Obama is a failed experiment.)
To: Dallas59
Nice looking couple, aren’t they?
I’ll bet that they aren’t supporters of Stroker, either.
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:20:18 PM PDT
by
Howie66
(I can see November from my house.)
To: USALiberty
Seventy-five hundred dollar direct subsidy for GM and its unions. It’s so easy to spend tax payer money.
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posted on
07/27/2010 2:21:51 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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