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Throxxofvron Posts: 10325 Incept: 2009-02-17 Hyper-Speculative Psycho-Facsistic Parabolic Blow-Off	The rising inventory of unsold Volts might be becoming a problem... http://www.freep.com/article/20120827/BU.... Quote: GM expected to suspend Chevy Volt production over slow sales General Motors is halting, for a month, the manufacture of its well-known but seldom-sold Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car, according to trade publication Automotive News. It would be the second interruption in production for the Volt, which can go 38 miles on battery power before needing a recharge from its gasoline engine or via a plug-in. According to the Automotive News: "General Motors plans to idle the plant where it assembles the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid for four weeks starting next month, two people familiar with the plans said." ---------- DIONYSUS: " Thou hast no knowledge of the life thou art leading; thy very existence is now a mystery to thee. " -from 'The Bacchantes' By Euripides “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” -George Orwell Last modified: 2012-08-27 19:42:57 by throxxofvron 2012-08-27 19:37:22 Permalink
Erictheoracle Posts: 307 Incept: 2008-10-17 Minnesota	Aww, nobody wants the car Obama built. 2012-08-27 19:45:35 Permalink
Throxxofvron Posts: 10325 Incept: 2009-02-17 Hyper-Speculative Psycho-Facsistic Parabolic Blow-Off	Maybe We should make Our own commercial since the ones that the Corporation makes doesn't seem to help Us sell these things... ---------- DIONYSUS: " Thou hast no knowledge of the life thou art leading; thy very existence is now a mystery to thee. " -from 'The Bacchantes' By Euripides “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” -George Orwell 2012-08-27 19:51:06 Permalink
Andysvw Posts: 1750 Incept: 2010-06-26 Tujunga Ca	Not the car you want to channel stuff with. Ha ha ha! Great plan. 2012-08-27 20:22:01 Permalink
Howie Posts: 4848 Incept: 2007-11-02 Wilmington, DE Online	Maybe Obama should pass a law requiring people to buy them. ---------- "Banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a moneyed aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. The issuing power (of money) should be taken away from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs." - Thomas Jefferson 2012-08-27 20:38:04 Permalink
Peterm99 Posts: 4991 Incept: 2009-03-21 SoCal	Quote: Maybe Obama should pass a law ~~requiring~~ imposing a penalty on people to who don't buy them. FIFY ---------- ". . . the Constitution has died, the economy welters in irreversible decline, we have perpetual war, all power lies in the hands of the executive, the police are supreme, and a surveillance beyond Orwell’s imaginings falls into place." - Fred Reed 2012-08-27 20:41:11 Permalink
5755hsa Posts: 646 Incept: 2008-09-07 North of 40 in the land of pathetic highways	Estimated cost per person 250K [url 'http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/16192'] ---------- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc'-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where members of society least likely to succeed, are rewarded with goods paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. 2012-08-27 20:44:22 Permalink
Oldno7 Posts: 2141 Incept: 2008-11-14 RECALL STATE USA	Will the KING allow that? ---------- IT'S THE SPENDING STUPID The US must become less a government of men, and more a government of LAW. When people lose everything and have nothing left to lose they lose it -Gerald Celente 2012-08-27 21:15:43 Permalink
Visualcsharp Posts: 343 Incept: 2009-12-19 Round Rock, TX	I saw a Chevy Volt at Rudy's in Austin several months ago. What struck me was the sheer size of the thing. It felt like I was looking at a GT-R! Certainly a lot bigger than I imagined. Oh, and the owner had some douchebag plate on it like "VOLT 4U" or something stupid like that. Made me chuckle that someone would advertise their stupidity so openly. 2012-08-27 21:43:43 Permalink
Steelpiston71 Posts: 4868 Incept: 2007-09-05 Michigan	Can't wait for the next Volt commercial. "I really love my Chevy Volt because... it's production has been discontinued." ---------- "We have resolution authority under Frank/Dodd... How about we USE IT?" Karl Denninger, 10/07/10 on the Dylan Ratigan Show, MSNBC. 2012-08-27 23:04:21 Permalink
Andysvw Posts: 1750 Incept: 2010-06-26 Tujunga Ca	One thing bugs me about the battery powered fleet. The secondary industry ie junk yards/ salvaged car sellers/ used car lots. These batteries have no shelf life. The turnover on new cars is too long for these batteries. So any junk yard or used car dealer that picks up one is going to get its pants pulled down. Or worse burn your shop down. In that light my view is these are just more toxic technology. Not only are these bad for dealers and consumers. The entire industry will be badly hurt. How are the courts going to handle the battery failures that will happen. Who eats the battery after its driven home and craps out. Or sets a home on fire? Load test a 6 hundred pound battery? I will pass on that job thanks. Well maybe its not juts one thing that bugs me about them. 2012-08-27 23:12:26 Permalink
Eni_orisa Posts: 736 Incept: 2011-06-28 Banned	Quote: Aww, nobody wants the car Obama built. He didn't build that... 2012-08-27 23:15:52 Permalink
Duc888 Posts: 7368 Incept: 2008-11-06 CT, the UNconstitution State	I got so tired of explaining to greenie idiots that just because it's electric doesn't mean it's "green". They were speechless when I bought up the point that when you plug it in you're tethered to what ever power source happens do make your local energy. ---------- ...burp 2012-08-28 00:32:09 Permalink
Andysvw Posts: 1750 Incept: 2010-06-26 Tujunga Ca	The Greenies are clueless. Just ask if they understand cradle to the grave. The battery is the problem. The ones for cars are huge***inmungus. At peak we were building like 19 million cars and trucks. Say we sell 1 million cars with them batts. Each car lasts 3 years if we are lucky 2 batteries per car. We have yet to see the actual costs of these batteries. We dont have a legal way to handle them or store them or recycle them. These are exempt from the rules that would be put on any peon. I cant see a way to build a recycling plant safely/eco/$$. Road use tax is added to my fuel costs.hummmm If you drive a volt your a tax cheat? 2012-08-28 01:19:41 Permalink*
Aaron Posts: 1090 Incept: 2007-11-27 Los Angeles Online	It's really easy to see why they're losing to the competition: "Volt" vs. "Leaf" Rent-a-car look vs. smooth golf-cart look Garbage waste of money vs. quality waste of money ---------- Now with 32-percent more trash-talk. 2012-08-28 01:50:21 Permalink
Pika-steph Posts: 54732 Incept: 2007-09-11 Live Free Or Die; US Army Est. 1775	Seriously. I'm dying here. Who could've seen this coming?!! ---------- Stop the Looting; Start Prosecuting - http://www.FedUpUSA.org/ "The only regulation that really works is failure."--Rick Santelli 2012-08-28 02:16:17 Permalink