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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 760155" data-attributes="member: 23950">Re: ObamanomicsLucy, I did need to check out the Volt online :&nbsp;The Chevrolet Volt is the first vehicle of GM&#039;s second century. That&#039;s how GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner presented it, anyway, at a 100th birthday celebration the automaker was throwing for itself. The highly anticipated unveiling of the production Volt revealed a car that&#039;s not styled as aggressively as the concept version, but one the company says lives up to the original promise of delivering 40 miles of range on electricity alone. Describing it as an Extended-Range Electric Vehicle, or E-REV, the Volt features 220 lithium-ion cells that can be fully charged in eight hours with a standard 120-volt outlet or three hours using a 240-volt outlet, at a cost of about 80 cents, according to GM. When the battery&#039;s energy is depleted, a gasoline-powered generator simultaneously powers the drive unit and charges the battery, extending range by &quot;several hundred&quot; miles.&nbsp;Basically, if you are a regular driver, that uses the car, more or less , just to go to work, and do some shopping, etc (city miles). You&#039;ll never end up buying gas !40 miles is plenty, and only costs 80 cents of kilowatts to fill it up !&nbsp; <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />And still has a top speed of 100 miles per hr !</blockquote>

[QUOTE="klein, post: 760155, member: 23950"] [b]Re: Obamanomics[/b] [COLOR=navy]Lucy, I did need to check out the Volt online :[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][/COLOR] The Chevrolet Volt is the first vehicle of GM's second century. That's how GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner presented it, anyway, at a 100th birthday celebration the automaker was throwing for itself. The highly anticipated unveiling of the production Volt revealed a car that's not styled as aggressively as the concept version, but one the company says lives up to the original promise of delivering 40 miles of range on electricity alone. Describing it as an Extended-Range Electric Vehicle, or E-REV, the Volt features 220 lithium-ion cells that can be fully charged in eight hours with a standard 120-volt outlet or three hours using a 240-volt outlet, at a cost of about 80 cents, according to GM. When the battery's energy is depleted, a gasoline-powered generator simultaneously powers the drive unit and charges the battery, extending range by "several hundred" miles. [COLOR=navy]Basically, if you are a regular driver, that uses the car, more or less , just to go to work, and do some shopping, etc (city miles). You'll never end up buying gas ![/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]40 miles is plenty, and only costs 80 cents of kilowatts to fill it up ! :)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]And still has a top speed of 100 miles per hr ![/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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