That isn't anything to laugh at and the petroleum industry rather fight than switch.
Is it any wonder there is propaganda abounding about this incredible invention.
How long have we waited?
KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON
Huffington Post
August 11, 2009
General Motors (click here) said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt electric car could get 230 mpg in city driving, making it the first American vehicle to achieve triple-digit fuel economy if that figure is confirmed by federal regulators.
But when the four-door family sedan hits showrooms late next year, its efficiency will come with a steep sticker price: $40,000....
That was in 2009. The Chevy Volt now costs less. Yes, less.
The current e-page for the Chevy Volt states $31,645 (click here) with a monthly lease payment for 36 months of $349.00. The e-page states (Someone had to be first.) I agree.
So, unfortunately, the Right Wing Propagandists are all about propaganda about this incredible invention by Chevy. No different than they were about GE's CEO. And the list goes on.
There was an investigation about complaints regarding the Volt and the conclusion states it is no more dangerous than cars of other fuel types. There wasn't really a consumer complaint, there wasn't a consumer accident and for that everyone is grateful. The possibility of an electric fire manifested when the car was tested under controlled conditions. In other words, the National Highway Safety Administration tested the Chevy Volt to determine if in worst case scenarios there could be problems.
They found one. The vehicle that was tested caught fire three weeks later. There was damage that occurred when the car was involved in the 'test crash.' The damage caused the ion battery to ignite. The purpose of the vigilance is obvious, this is the first of its kind. No one wants tragedy and if there are to be problems then the industry needs to know how to protect itself from lawsuits and recalls. The consumer is being put first. So, in response to the findings of the National Highway Safety Administration GM built a better car. They put in more supports around the ion battery to protect it from impact and therefore any potential for danger.
I think consumers can have confidence in the Chevy Volt. The car is being examined over and over to insure there are no problems, after all they are on the road. There are going to be 'fits and starts' with new technology. That is a given. It happens to all products and APPLE knows all to well the problems it's consumers had with the first iPhone and the interruption in signal due to the need for bumpers. Now, a car isn't an iPhone, but, the point is this is new technology and stuff happens.
The other electric car, the Nissan Leaf, has been having far less public relations problems, but, this is not GM. GM received a loan. GM is doing well. GM is the focus of hatred by the Right Wing Political Machine, no different than GE's CEO has been.
I can't thank GM and GE enough for their dedication to this country and it's current President or whom this technology would not be possible yet today.
The Nissan Leaf (click here) doesn't have the gas engine component that the Chevy Volt does. At the Nissan Leaf e-page there is a comparison of other vehicles including the Chevy Volt (click here). It is called competition. I think that falls under capitalism in definition of where that might contribute to fairness in pricing for consumers.
There are some differences. The Nissan Leaf charges in 7 hours whereby the Chevy Volt charges in 4 hours. The Volt has a tailpipe and has to go through emissions testing where the Leaf does not.
The battery range is interesting, the Leaf 100 miles before charging and the Volt 40 miles before charging. Something tells me GM is still a little to attached to the internal combustion engine, but, then it is better on long trips.
And this is really cool, the Nissan Leaf has a photovoltaic solar panel rear soiler. I think that is more than interesting. It is not standard, but, it is an option.
Nissan even provides consumers with a CO2 comparison (click here).
Be it GM or Nissan this is more than the USA consumer ever hoped for and we should be delighted these companies have shown interest in providing this technology on the good faith it will be received well and hopefully will be a growing market. I am grateful to them.
To add to the dialogue is my opinion we cannot do without this market and we need to encourage its growth, especially when it comes to road planning and placing charging stations in fueling areas along major highways and interstate systems. We don't have a choice, we have to remove the production of CO2 from Earth's benevolent troposphere and that is simply a fact. This technology will not go away and should not be allowed to disappear.
The current e-page for the Chevy Volt states $31,645 (click here) with a monthly lease payment for 36 months of $349.00. The e-page states (Someone had to be first.) I agree.
So, unfortunately, the Right Wing Propagandists are all about propaganda about this incredible invention by Chevy. No different than they were about GE's CEO. And the list goes on.
There was an investigation about complaints regarding the Volt and the conclusion states it is no more dangerous than cars of other fuel types. There wasn't really a consumer complaint, there wasn't a consumer accident and for that everyone is grateful. The possibility of an electric fire manifested when the car was tested under controlled conditions. In other words, the National Highway Safety Administration tested the Chevy Volt to determine if in worst case scenarios there could be problems.
They found one. The vehicle that was tested caught fire three weeks later. There was damage that occurred when the car was involved in the 'test crash.' The damage caused the ion battery to ignite. The purpose of the vigilance is obvious, this is the first of its kind. No one wants tragedy and if there are to be problems then the industry needs to know how to protect itself from lawsuits and recalls. The consumer is being put first. So, in response to the findings of the National Highway Safety Administration GM built a better car. They put in more supports around the ion battery to protect it from impact and therefore any potential for danger.
I think consumers can have confidence in the Chevy Volt. The car is being examined over and over to insure there are no problems, after all they are on the road. There are going to be 'fits and starts' with new technology. That is a given. It happens to all products and APPLE knows all to well the problems it's consumers had with the first iPhone and the interruption in signal due to the need for bumpers. Now, a car isn't an iPhone, but, the point is this is new technology and stuff happens.
The other electric car, the Nissan Leaf, has been having far less public relations problems, but, this is not GM. GM received a loan. GM is doing well. GM is the focus of hatred by the Right Wing Political Machine, no different than GE's CEO has been.
I can't thank GM and GE enough for their dedication to this country and it's current President or whom this technology would not be possible yet today.
The Nissan Leaf (click here) doesn't have the gas engine component that the Chevy Volt does. At the Nissan Leaf e-page there is a comparison of other vehicles including the Chevy Volt (click here). It is called competition. I think that falls under capitalism in definition of where that might contribute to fairness in pricing for consumers.
There are some differences. The Nissan Leaf charges in 7 hours whereby the Chevy Volt charges in 4 hours. The Volt has a tailpipe and has to go through emissions testing where the Leaf does not.
The battery range is interesting, the Leaf 100 miles before charging and the Volt 40 miles before charging. Something tells me GM is still a little to attached to the internal combustion engine, but, then it is better on long trips.
And this is really cool, the Nissan Leaf has a photovoltaic solar panel rear soiler. I think that is more than interesting. It is not standard, but, it is an option.
Nissan even provides consumers with a CO2 comparison (click here).
Be it GM or Nissan this is more than the USA consumer ever hoped for and we should be delighted these companies have shown interest in providing this technology on the good faith it will be received well and hopefully will be a growing market. I am grateful to them.
To add to the dialogue is my opinion we cannot do without this market and we need to encourage its growth, especially when it comes to road planning and placing charging stations in fueling areas along major highways and interstate systems. We don't have a choice, we have to remove the production of CO2 from Earth's benevolent troposphere and that is simply a fact. This technology will not go away and should not be allowed to disappear.
WASHINGTON — A GOP-led House committee (click here) is challenging the Obama administration's investigation into Chevy Volt batteries that caught fire last year, raising questions about whether the government's partial ownership of General Motors Co. created a conflict of interest.
The report by the Republican staff of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said it was “deeply troubling” that safety regulators waited several months before telling the public that a Volt battery caught fire three weeks after a government crash test. The fire happened in June but was not made public until November — “a period of time that also coincides with the negotiation over the 2017-2025 fuel economy standards,” the report states, adding that it was possible that those negotiations “incentivized NHTSA to remain silent on the issue.”
But in a recent letter to committee chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator David Strickland said that the agency's investigation into the Chevy Volt “is completely unrelated to the fuel economy standards rulemaking.”
The committee is set to hold a subcommittee hearing on the issue this morning. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the report ahead of its official release....
It is dirty politics and absolutely nothing more. There is no need for an investigative hearing, GM was extremely interested in the findings of the tests and modified the production model. What need is there for this investigation by a House panel?
Case closed: NHTSA ends Chevrolet Volt fire investigation (click title to entry - thank you)
Jan 23, 2012 2:30 PM
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has closed its safety investigation into fires that erupted from three Chevrolet Volt battery packs after severe crash tests by the agency.
“Based on the available data, NHTSA does not believe that Chevy Volts or other electric vehicles pose a greater risk of fire than gasoline-powered vehicles. Generally, all vehicles have some risk of fire in the event of a serious crash,” NHTSA concluded. The agency said it “remains unaware of any real-world crashes that have resulted in a battery-related fire involving the Chevy Volt or any other electric vehicle.”...
The production is stopped for awhile and it is legal for a company to do that and it does not spell death to the electric car.
...A GM spokesman said Friday (click here) that the company will shut down production of the Volt from March 19 until April 23, idling 1,300 workers at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant....
...GM sold 7,671 Volts last year, below its original goal of 10,000 cars. The company stopped publicly announcing sales targets last year. It sold 1,023 Volts in February and 603 in January.
The production is stopped for awhile and it is legal for a company to do that and it does not spell death to the electric car.
...A GM spokesman said Friday (click here) that the company will shut down production of the Volt from March 19 until April 23, idling 1,300 workers at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant....
...GM sold 7,671 Volts last year, below its original goal of 10,000 cars. The company stopped publicly announcing sales targets last year. It sold 1,023 Volts in February and 603 in January.
“The fact that GM is now facing an oversupply of Volts suggests that consumer demand is just not that strong for these vehicles,” said Lacey Plache, chief economist for auto information site Edmunds.com.
GM spokesman Chris Lee said the company was “taking a temporary shutdown” of the assembly line.
“We’re doing it to maintain our proper inventory levels as we align production with demand,” he said....
It would seem as though the consumer demand increased from last year with the uptick of the February 2012 numbers. It was expected to have a slow down in demand with lithium ion battery questions. The average of both January and February is 813 per month. At that rate, GM will sell 9756 Chevy Volts which is very near the 10,000 they were hoping for last year.
If Nissan can be daring enough to produce an electric car that does not require a gas engine then GM needs to have more confidence in it's place in the market. The Chevy Volt is the cutting edge between Hybrid and completely electric, there is a place in the consumer market for it and GM should NOT be shy about accepting that demand seriously. "Chevy Runs Deep."
