Cadillac is set to announce an electric car based on the volt chassis for its division. Seems to be a market growing for the cars.
GO GREEN!
Peace.
GO GREEN!
Peace.
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Lue C Fur
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Just wanted to give an update---the Volt is still sitting on the lot. I never did get to take that test drive and, from what I have heard, there have not been many test drives taken.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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The only thing ugly about the Volt is the $43K sticker price.
Lue C Fur
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Neat car but over priced and over hyped...read all the reviews and it would be better to buy a TDI or even a Prius if you want to go green.
Funny, there are over 5 million cars on the road in california and you only saw 7 cars on the road.
Peace.
moreluck
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I don't mention the Lexuses, Hondas, ford and all the regular ones I see parked at my store. But, don't change the subject....THERE WERE NO VOLTS!!
moreluck
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What, you expect to see 5 million cars when you drive? Sometimes I can get to the store and only see one or two other cars driving.....parked is a different story.
Lue C Fur
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moreluck
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Oh great, now your Volt gets crashed and it catches fire.....3 weeks later in a junkyard! Safety issues about the battery are going to plague them now. If you got $50,000 laying around, go look at something other than a Volt.
They had a 10,000 sale number goal and they've only sold 2000 so far and time's almost up. Oh boy, more anchors for the navy.
They had a 10,000 sale number goal and they've only sold 2000 so far and time's almost up. Oh boy, more anchors for the navy.
trplnkl
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Oh great the new buzz phrase will become " tires on the ground"
texan
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U.S. probes battery fire in Chevy Volt
(Reuters) - A fire involving a General Motors Co (GM.N) Chevy Volt prompted a U.S. government safety investigation of batteries used to power electric vehicles.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday in a statement it has also asked other manufacturers who make electric cars or who plan to do so for information on how they handle lithium-ion batteries. This request also includes recommendations for minimizing fire risk.
NHTSA said it does not believe the Volt or other electric vehicles are at greater risk for fire than gasoline-powered engines.
(Reuters) - A fire involving a General Motors Co (GM.N) Chevy Volt prompted a U.S. government safety investigation of batteries used to power electric vehicles.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday in a statement it has also asked other manufacturers who make electric cars or who plan to do so for information on how they handle lithium-ion batteries. This request also includes recommendations for minimizing fire risk.
NHTSA said it does not believe the Volt or other electric vehicles are at greater risk for fire than gasoline-powered engines.
texan
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Garage fires, with Volts inside
The two previous fires with Chevy Volts involved were in Mooresville, North Carolina, just last week, and in Barkhamsted, Connecticut, last April. Both occurred in garages that happened to house Chevrolet Volts.
In the Mooresville case, a Volt was charging in the garage at the time of the fire--leading local electric utility Duke Energy, in a surfeit of caution, to advise electric-car owners not to plug in their cars to charge until the cause of the blaze had been established.
No conclusion has yet been drawn by local fire officials, but GM sources--none of whom would go on record--seem confident that the Volt will not be deemed to have been a cause of the blaze.
As for the Connecticut blaze, the fire marshal's report concluded the Volt that was parked in the garage had nothing to do with the cause of the fire. It was sitting next to a Suzuki converted by the home's owner to a battery electric vehicle
Third Fire Consumes A Chevy Volt Electric Car: Perspective
The two previous fires with Chevy Volts involved were in Mooresville, North Carolina, just last week, and in Barkhamsted, Connecticut, last April. Both occurred in garages that happened to house Chevrolet Volts.
In the Mooresville case, a Volt was charging in the garage at the time of the fire--leading local electric utility Duke Energy, in a surfeit of caution, to advise electric-car owners not to plug in their cars to charge until the cause of the blaze had been established.
No conclusion has yet been drawn by local fire officials, but GM sources--none of whom would go on record--seem confident that the Volt will not be deemed to have been a cause of the blaze.
As for the Connecticut blaze, the fire marshal's report concluded the Volt that was parked in the garage had nothing to do with the cause of the fire. It was sitting next to a Suzuki converted by the home's owner to a battery electric vehicle
Third Fire Consumes A Chevy Volt Electric Car: Perspective
