Why aren't Americans Buying the Chevy Volt?
Andrew
2012/03/03 12:11:00
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http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/03/02/chevy-suspends-volt...
Chevrolet just announced that they will shut down the assembly line for the Chevy Volt for a total of five(5) weeks. From March 19 through April 23 workers will be laid off to bring production into line with actual sales. Thus far, only about 2000 vehicles have been sold in 2012 (Jan. and Feb.) when the company anticipated annual sales of 60,000. Why is this and is the Volt, the next Solyndra?!
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AM 2012/03/03 14:03:27Other (please explain)!
+9Face it We've already bought it .Between the share and bond holders who lost EVERYTHING.The bailout given to the UAW/GM.Do the math they've NOT repaid the so called loan The ridiculous amount of tax incentives and breaks given.The sham of the IPO.Add the docking stations GE built with stimulus dollars.Yes we taxpayers have already bought it.I'd really like to know just how many of those Volt's were sold to the government employees fleet cars? yep we pay for them too.
#2 THEY CATCH ON FIRE
#3 Electric power is EXPENSIVE TOO
#4 It has no RANGE... I drive more than 20 miles
#5 did I mention JOBS... without a JOB can't buy a car
the same concept as these pieces of crap ...cost too much , save too little , and are a fire hazard .
I missed that part. Yeah, that does pi$$ me off too. WRong... so very wrong. bunch of idiots, overstepping again, they love to tell us what to do and to take away our money. I'm sorry I missed that.
the same principal would work in class 8 semis ...but bendix brake corp would be out of business ..
till then I 'll stay with my hydrogen on demand supplement system ..and get 50 mpg ..the chevy volt ,,,is ok ( unreasonable priced ) ...then the toyota prius is "ok "as well .. and they use the ICE /generator / combo motor ! dynamic braking to charge batteries ,,
or tesslas car .0-60 in 3 seconds,,top speed of 210 ''' depends on RPM's that the motors could turn ,,, that would only be limited by the amperage avail !...batteries for storage @ 600 amps ( how much Cold Cranking Amps avail in a normal battery ..thats how much power you would have
the people have been taught that gas was the ONLY thing to use ..it's not !
I agree about the volt needing to be charged ...MY point was to use a ICE engine / gererator .. as in the prius //then use alternative fuel to power the ICE engine ...
your comment was there wasnt suffiecient take off power //i said if you have 300 CCA's to take off that is sufffecient power to do that( the cheapest battery has 300 CCA's ) ..then you said it would take you forever to attain a speed of 60 mph ...teslas car will do that in 3 seconds w/ 300 amps ..
was my whole point ...I have done considerable time researching & examining these things ,,then after seeing the ideas behind locomotive propulsion / and adapting this to cars /trucks ,,it's doable ...but too many wont listen !!
and bendix brake corp wont have that in a semi ...they need to sell brake components !
To achieve the fuel economy of locomotives with automobiles would require turning all stop signs into traffic lights, with sensors in the road to provide the optimum red/green timing to minimize the number of cars stopping. Even better if everyone uses GPS to declare their destination, with computers driving the cars on auto-pilot for the purpose of minimum fuel consumption.
the ICE w/ generator can work on the same premise ..when operating a drill motor how mwny times is it started & stopped ?
the capacitor causes the motors to rotate in one direction
for braking function "dynamic braking " is where magnets are used or reverse polarity and keeps trains from using extreme braking down hill ..I have over 3 million miles in a semi ..
and cars /trucks can use the stored energy in the batteries ,,then the generator recharges the batteries , and the dynamic braking "as is used in the prius +/- magnets in brake calipers rotors recharges the batteries ..
the immediate amperage is used w/ the on demand amperage stored in battery ,,300 amps as used in the tesla car to get from 0-60 in 3 seconds and can be used indefinately ..then brakes in "again dynamic ' braking ....
tesla's ideas are trememdous ..but with his innovations scares the oil co/ and his constant velocity motor "no electricity ' MAGNETS "" CHECK IT OUT !!!!
tesla proved all these debates from all mfg's
if they fitted all vehicles we'd get 75 MPG ...again you only use eng / gen to charge batteries ..
how fast ...
the ICE w/ generator can work on the same premise ..when operating a drill motor how mwny times is it started & stopped ?
the capacitor causes the motors to rotate in one direction
for braking function "dynamic braking " is where magnets are used or reverse polarity and keeps trains from using extreme braking down hill ..I have over 3 million miles in a semi ..
and cars /trucks can use the stored energy in the batteries ,,then the generator recharges the batteries , and the dynamic braking "as is used in the prius +/- magnets in brake calipers rotors recharges the batteries ..
the immediate amperage is used w/ the on demand amperage stored in battery ,,300 amps as used in the tesla car to get from 0-60 in 3 seconds and can be used indefinately ..then brakes in "again dynamic ' braking ....
tesla's ideas are trememdous ..but with his innovations scares the oil co/ and his constant velocity motor "no electricity ' MAGNETS "" CHECK IT OUT !!!!
tesla proved all these debates from all mfg's
if they fitted all vehicles we'd get 75 MPG ...again you only use eng / gen to charge batteries ..
how fast did the VOLT take off ...ever drive a prius ?
good questions ...but I have solutions for all it ! problems I see is that folks are slaves to old ways and gasoline .. tesla discovered A/C " NOT edison'