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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 870324" data-attributes="member: 12952">No Spark: The Unanswered Questions of the Chevy VoltWhile Obama continues to tout his — meaning our — investment in GM&nbsp; others are not so sanguine. For instance, billionaire Warren Buffet has&nbsp; invested in a Chinese electric car company instead of putting his&nbsp; considerable investment acumen to use with the Chevy Volt. Buffet may be&nbsp; a people on taxes, but apparently his investing senses haven’t gotten any&nbsp; spark from the Volt.One of the reasons that Buffet went for the Chinese company is that&nbsp; some of its technology seems superior to various systems of the Chevy&nbsp; Volt. According to Forbes,&nbsp; Buffet has targeted the company because the, “car can travel 186 miles,&nbsp; more than the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt, on a single charge with a top&nbsp; speed of 87 miles per hour.”Naturally, sales of the Chevy Volt are dismal and have been for quite some time. Sadly, some reviewers are saying that the Volt is overly flashy and techy and isn’t a good value for the money, so no help for GMs sales record there.Even lefty profs at Berkeley could see that the Volt was a horrible investment. Berkeley physicist Leon J. Schipper, for one, was not enamored of the Volt.Analyzing the Chevy Volt, the new sedan that is supposed&nbsp; to go 40 miles on batteries and then use a gasoline engine, he&nbsp; calculated that because of inefficiencies in electricity generation, its&nbsp; fuel economy was no better than a Toyota Prius hybrid running on&nbsp; gasoline, while its price was roughly double that of the Prius.
“Does the extra $20,000 justify the overall fuel and possible carbon&nbsp; dioxide savings?” he asked. “If two drivers switched to Prius, the&nbsp; overall savings of oil likely would be larger than one driver switching&nbsp; to a Volt, for the same money.”
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 870324, member: 12952"] No Spark: The Unanswered Questions of the Chevy Volt While Obama continues to tout his — meaning our — investment in GM others are not so sanguine. For instance, billionaire Warren Buffet has invested in a Chinese electric car company instead of putting his considerable investment acumen to use with the Chevy Volt. Buffet may be a people on taxes, but apparently his investing senses haven’t gotten any spark from the Volt. One of the reasons that Buffet went for the Chinese company is that some of its technology seems superior to various systems of the Chevy Volt. According to Forbes, Buffet has targeted the company because the, “car can travel 186 miles, more than the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt, on a single charge with a top speed of 87 miles per hour.” Naturally, sales of the Chevy Volt are dismal and have been for quite some time. Sadly, some reviewers are saying that the Volt is overly flashy and techy and isn’t a good value for the money, so no help for GMs sales record there. Even lefty profs at Berkeley could see that the Volt was a horrible investment. Berkeley physicist Leon J. Schipper, for one, was not enamored of the Volt. [INDENT]Analyzing the Chevy Volt, the new sedan that is supposed to go 40 miles on batteries and then use a gasoline engine, he calculated that because of inefficiencies in electricity generation, its fuel economy was no better than a Toyota Prius hybrid running on gasoline, while its price was roughly double that of the Prius. “Does the extra $20,000 justify the overall fuel and possible carbon dioxide savings?” he asked. “If two drivers switched to Prius, the overall savings of oil likely would be larger than one driver switching to a Volt, for the same money.” [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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