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Originally Posted by chevydude26
the problem with the volt is that its going to be at the least 40,000 dollars...
out of the realm of affordability of the market that would be interested in saving at the pump...
not to mention that every 2 years you probably have to buy a 3000 dollar battery which totally negates the savings you would from not filling up...not to mention your higher electricity bill...
the only good thing is that if it sells enough they can begin to get economies of scale and begin to sell it at a much cheaper price...and implement the tech into their other more affordable vehicles
but we wouldn't even be having this problem if we had that oil ten years ago...eventually the market will be forced to look for alternatives but the
government shouldn't force this change
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General motors requierments are that the battery should last 15 yrs. Nobody would purchase a vehicle that would require such an exspensive repair 3 yrs in and If we drilled for more oil we would still need more refining capacity. We need more refineries which isnt going to happen in this political climate.