Tuesday, February 28, 2012

CHEVY VOLT - OBAMA'S FAILURE

Cost to operate a Chevy Volt 
Eric Bolling (Fox Business Channel's Follow the Money) 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 hold 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 cost 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 that 7 time as much to run and takes 3 times as long to drive across country.

3 comments:

  1. WOW people. Before bashing the Volt from ignorance, you should really go learn about other hybrids like the Prius.

    FACT: Hybrids get crappy range when on electric ONLY.
    FACT: Hybrids switch over to fossil fuel engines when their batteries run low (not actually empty, but low).
    FACT: Not even the Prius can run ALL electric for 25 miles. It’s a measely 8 miles.

    For those upset because your 20 year old car GOT 50MPG, understand it’s not GM’s fault not all cars do that now. It’s the government restrictions, the addition of ethonol to our gas (sometimes as much as 20%), etc. Not to mention you miss the point of a hybrid/electric car… no emissions when running.

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  2. While your facts may be true that does not justify Obama giving a tax credit of $10,000.00 to those that can afford the VOLT while all too many cannot! Why? Which UNEMPLOYED person can afford to purchase a $40,000.00 piece of garbage? Obama is not only ruining America but he is taking down every business he can! Wake up to facts! Pastor Lee

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  3. Can't resist...to hard to resist...

    The base model of the Volt is $32,000

    The highest rate per KWH for electricity in the nation is $0.24 in HI

    If you are buying a chevy volt to drive across the country, you got the wrong car.

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