Driving the Chevy Volt ... Thx Paul C!

> test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine that
> gets about 32 mpg. $3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile.
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> Some gasoline powered cars cost about $15-18,000 while the Volt
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> $46,000.........
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>  So the Government 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 longer to
> drive across the country.....
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> REALLY ??!!!!!!!!!
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> And who thought it was a good idea to bail out this company AND promoteelectric cars?  Not sure, but I think he lives in the White House.
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