[BITList] The Chevy Volt

[franka]

They seem to have pretty expensive electricity wherever they are
frank




    *The Chevy Volt*
    Another example of making it look like they did something good!
    Government at its shining best!

    Eric Bolling test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General
    Motors.
    For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25
    miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine.
    Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on
    the battery. So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the
    16 kwh battery is approximately 270 miles. It will take you 4 1/2
    hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the
    battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical
    road trip your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.
    According to General Motors, the Volt battery holds 16 kwh of
    electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery.
    The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned
    so I looked up what I pay for electricity.
    I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons)
    $1.16 per kwh.
    16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery.
    $18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate
    the Volt using the battery.
    Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine only that
    gets 32 mpg.
    $3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile.
    The gasoline powered car costs about $15,000 while the Volt costs
    $46,000.
    So Obama wants us to pay 3 times as much for a car that costs more
    than 7 times as much to run and takes 3 times as long to drive
    across country.
    REALLY? FUZZY MATH?
    Also remember, we the taxpayers are laying out subsidies on each and
    every one of these cars.


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