Chevy Volt to Cost Forty Large.
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Chevy Volt to Cost Forty Large.
This according to Bob Lutz as quoted in an interview with the Seattle Times. Lutz also indicated that Chevy will lose money at this price point.
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Any switchover we're gonna make from gas to something else is gonna be painful at first. We just have to decide if we're prepared to take a lot of pain now...or a WHOLE lot of pain later.
Kinda depressing actually.
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Unless gas hits about twelve dollars a gallon absolutely nothing about this car makes it worth anything like 40k. Ironically, this is fundamentally similar to the excess we saw with suv's back in the late 1990's, the only difference is this time it's aimed in the opposite direction. With suv's people rambled on and on about the practicality since they can haul the entire little league team to practice, yada, yada...even though nothing could be further from the truth and those vehicles weren't remotely practical unless you genuinely needed the off road capability. Now with hybrids people ramble on and on about the efficiency since they don't have to buy as much gas which allows them to be green....even though nothing could be further from the truth since these things have a carbon footprint that makes an H2 look like a rolling version of Ghandi.
In both instances we have people lining up to pay too much money for a status symbol.
In both instances we have people lining up to pay too much money for a status symbol.
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Put another way: just about anyone who can afford a base-$40K car, especially one that appears to be Chevy's answer to the RX-8, can afford $4 gas just fine. So the only reason to drop that much on that car, instead of some of the other very nice wheels in the $40K range, is to say you did.
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Now with hybrids people ramble on and on about the efficiency since they don't have to buy as much gas which allows them to be green....even though nothing could be further from the truth since these things have a carbon footprint that makes an H2 look like a rolling version of Ghandi.
In both instances we have people lining up to pay too much money for a status symbol.
In both instances we have people lining up to pay too much money for a status symbol.
But, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and I am glad automakers are at least thinking in new directions - because eventually we will have to.
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I seen the other day on the news the volt only goes 40 miles on a charge then fuel takes over. I didn't catch how long it needed to charge in order to drive the 40 miles. I believe it was over night but not sure
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All in all, though, I think it is a very bad idea that Chevy is basically killing their suv and truck line; there are still people who want or need an suv or truck regardless of the price of gas.
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