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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:00 PM Original message |
GM Pushes Up Production Of Volt Electric Car |
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loveable liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Me too!!! |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I get 33 from my 2000 Toyota Celica |
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Stevepol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
61. I have a 2001 Celica and by driving around 60-65, I can get even better mileage |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Good for you! |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
37. 37 MPG city with 95' Infiniti G20t - manual trans... |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bad link? |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Working link here |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Thanks! n/t |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Link fix |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. I wish they'd start designing apartment buildings to handle electric cars and plugin hybrids. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. This is one of my concerns. |
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SouthernVoter (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. Do like they do in ND |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Unless you are in NYC or L.A... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. GM Needs to Update It's Own Website on the Volt |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. I will believe it when I see it |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. When they do the right thing |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. It's pure vapor ware until they put one in a showroom for sale (not lease) |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. not really |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I have seen the doc, which is why I called it vapor ware. They NEVER |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. The thing is this 'news' release is bullcrap |
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penndragon69 (409 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'd love to buy one. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Its range is not limited to 40 miles. |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Not only that, but the gas engine is used solely to charge the batteries |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
64. I drove a 3-cyl. Ford Fiesta in Germany for about a month. |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. The Geo Metro is a three cylinder car. |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. GM's history |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. They've Had 35 YEARS of Lead Time on This |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. I love the GM pre-bashing |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 07:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
70. My wife's first car was a 72 Corolla |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. Amazing What A Corporation Can Do, With the Right Incentives |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. So electric cars help us how? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. First You Break the Oil Dependency Which Is Killing the Economy |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Sure, but you're talking about decades of development |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I'm Willing To Listen to Your Alternatives |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. RE Denmark. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
60. When it takes ~ the same energy to produce a gallon of gasoline... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. It's a good question |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. The difference in efficiency is huge, that's why. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Depends on your local power mix, too. |
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Lifetimedem (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. There is always the solar panel option. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I rent, but our local utility is doing this: |
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Lifetimedem (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Do you mind |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Everybody is talking as if switching to our electricity grid for transportation is a magic solution |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
53. I don't think anyone thinks this is the magic solution but it would be |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
68. close enough to magic, for me |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 07:08 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. The Middle East will never be cut out of the deal nor should it be |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
36. An electric car *can* be powered by windmills, hydro or solar. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Solar panels should be included in the price. now that would be forward thinking. nt |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
58. $4/gallon gas |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. Been following this... |
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wpelb (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. Electricity for electric cars |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. so- what's YOUR solution for the masses...? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
66. The environmental benefit of them will be unquestionable. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
72. The Polywell, perhaps? |
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nwliberalkiwi (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. 36 miles to the gallon |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
38. another of the auto industries carrot on a stick for the uninformed masses... |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
40. I wish it wouldn't look like the batmobile |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
41. $40,000 for a two seater is a start but 2010 will be the earliest you see it |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
43. General Motors "Greenwashes" its Image with half truths, lies and misdirection |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. interesting article... |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Ford has a good record as does toyota |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. My only point |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. So the UAW is General Motors Management that makes all the decisions? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. This isn't about GM management |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I'm supporting Telsa Motors |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. That's cool..... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #46 |
71. The reason so many people prefer Toyotas today |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
59. They also pay medical, retirement, and a good wage to half my family |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
57. Yeah sure...... |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
62. I'll wait until there's one in the showroom I can test-drive and another dozen on the lot . . . |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
63. So people with 40 grand to burn |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
67. $40,000??!! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-10-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #67 |
73. How much should the car cost.... |
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