Chevy Volt Math.

Comment #8

MonteB — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:16:40 GMT

You sir, are an idiot if you are paying $1.16 per kwh for electricity. The nationwide average is ~$0.08 / kwh. For a full 16kwh charge, the Volt battery can be charged for $0.08 * 16kwh = $1.28. That is a whole lot better than the $18.56 you state. So now for the drum roll: if you take that $1.28 and divide it over 25 miles you have a cost per mile of $0.05. MASSIVE FAIL on your math there.

Comment #7

jarasan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:53:25 GMT

Fixing these GD POS's is also no joke. You just can't change the batteries in these things....... and GOD forbid you wreck one, they are usually write offs because how complex and deadly it can be to make a mistake repairing one. My 225 HP. 2 stroke Evinrude is rated in KW's??? anyway that is at 5500 rpm. it puts out 17KW. That can push a 1800 lb boat at around 40MPH flat water. 16kwh of stored energy is a lot of juice under your driver seat. What I am saying is that if thing gets a dead short, that is a lot of sparking energy!!!!!!!!!!!! It'll light yo a$$ right up.... [ More ]

Comment #6

rdgrnr — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:47:36 GMT

You forgot the first three words: "She's so fine, there's no tellin' where the money went."<br />I could relate a few life experiences that would fall under that heading, lol.

Comment #5

rdgrnr — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:41:46 GMT

Comment #4

time*treat — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:01:59 GMT

As a line from a Robert Palmer song goes, "There's no telling where the money went."

Comment #3

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:51:30 GMT

Now they want us to buy those mercury bulbs. Well, they may use less energy, but they cost a lot more than incandescent bulbs, plus when the mercury bulbs do burn out, you can't just throw them away, because of the mercury. How stupid is that? If you break one, you've got a toxic mess to clean up.

Comment #2

jarasan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:51:04 GMT

This thing is a POS being served up as luscious rum soaked chocolate mousse.........the sick part is that they are giving a 10K tax break to the "RICH" people that can afford this pile of dung, and once again the American tax payer gets shat upon.

Comment #1

JAP69 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:38:12 GMT

Does not look like it.

Original Blog Entry: Chevy Volt Math.

jarasan — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:28:39 GMT

Cost to operate a Chevy Volt

Eric Bolling (Fox Business Channel's Follow the Money) test drove the

Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors.

For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles

Before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine.

Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the

Battery. So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh

Batery is approximately 270 miles. It will take you 4 1/2 hours to

Drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and

You have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your

Average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.

According to General Motors, the Volt battery hold 16 kwh of

Electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery.

The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I

Looked up what I pay for electricity.

I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16

Per kwh.

16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery.

$18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the

Volt using the battery.

Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine only that

Gets 32 mpg.

$3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile.

The gasoline powered car cost about $15,000 while the Volt costs

$46,000.

So our government wants us to pay 3 times as much for a car that costs more that

7 time as much to run and takes 3 times as long to drive across country.

REALLY? This is the corporation that got rid of the streetcars all over the U S in the 50's. (Let's convert to diesel) Add to that, the Light Bulb Scam!

......and soon-to-come to Maryland: Wind Farm Scheme!

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