That option would have made the most sense for regular people, but I guess they want to make a statement that they completely stand by their company/industry and they want to make up for the whole private jet fiasco last time.
That option would have made the most sense for regular people, but I guess they want to make a statement that they completely stand by their company/industry and they want to make up for the whole private jet fiasco last time.
CrackRabbit
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Originally posted by: Fritzo
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: NFS4
The Volt has a battery only range of 40 miles. But it also has a gasoline engine/generator on board to keep the vehicle running when the battery is low. That is good for an additional 320 miles. So it can go 360 miles on a tank.
That being said, he started the trip in a Malibu Hybrid and switched to the Volt in Washington to "make a statement"
if they really wanted to make a statement, they wouldnt ask for that 25 billion dollars set aside for alternative fuel research as their bailout money
Why aren't the oil companies bailing out the auto industry? It's their main source of income. No cars = no need for oil.
Oil companies make a shitload more than gasoline and motor oil.
Take a look at your desk, how many plastic items are on it? Most of the plastic in those items comes from oil.
SunnyD
Belgian Waffler
Funny, this little publicity stunt probably cost them more than the flight on a corporate jet did.
rudder
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Originally posted by: darkxshade
They didn't wanna get reamed again for flying in on a private jet so instead they flew the car in on a private jet instead, then drove in on a Malibu Hybrid and switched to the Volt.
If the CEO's were truly smart... they would fly the jets into Manassas airport. Hop in the volt in the parking lot and drive into DC.
They could easily lease one for the day with a different n-number so it could not be tracked as easy.
Originally posted by: EMPshockwave82
Originally posted by: tk149
Originally posted by: NFS4
The Volt has a battery only range of 40 miles. But it also has a gasoline engine/generator on board to keep the vehicle running when the battery is low. That is good for an additional 320 miles. So it can go 360 miles on a tank.
That being said, he started the trip in a Malibu Hybrid and switched to the Volt in Washington to "make a statement"
You can't rely on a Volt to get you where you want to go?
You can't read the entire thread before you reply?
I did, and the question stands. If the prototype is so valuable, then why bring it out at all? Have you ever seen the traffic in D.C.? Wouldn't a better statement be made by driving halfway across the country in a Volt?
They could have just stuck with the Malibu hybrid and made their statement. They just wanted more publicity for the Volt.
While cars use a lot..
Do you have any idea the number of other things oil is used for?
Plastic, fertilizers, pesticides/herbicides, just to name a few...
slag
Lifer
- Dec 14, 2000
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Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: NFS4
The Volt has a battery only range of 40 miles. But it also has a gasoline engine/generator on board to keep the vehicle running when the battery is low. That is good for an additional 320 miles. So it can go 360 miles on a tank.
That being said, he started the trip in a Malibu Hybrid and switched to the Volt in Washington to "make a statement"
if they really wanted to make a statement, they wouldnt ask for that 25 billion dollars set aside for alternative fuel research as their bailout money
Why aren't the oil companies bailing out the auto industry? It's their main source of income. No cars = no need for oil.
Oil companies make a shitload more than gasoline and motor oil.
Take a look at your desk, how many plastic items are on it? Most of the plastic in those items comes from oil.
Wrong, FAIL.. you LOSE!!!!
My desk doesn't taste like oil. Neither does my soda bottle. My pen does taste a little like gasoline but thats about it.
SunnyD
Belgian Waffler
CrackRabbit
Lifer
- Mar 30, 2001
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Originally posted by: slag
Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: NFS4
The Volt has a battery only range of 40 miles. But it also has a gasoline engine/generator on board to keep the vehicle running when the battery is low. That is good for an additional 320 miles. So it can go 360 miles on a tank.
That being said, he started the trip in a Malibu Hybrid and switched to the Volt in Washington to "make a statement"
if they really wanted to make a statement, they wouldnt ask for that 25 billion dollars set aside for alternative fuel research as their bailout money
Why aren't the oil companies bailing out the auto industry? It's their main source of income. No cars = no need for oil.
Oil companies make a shitload more than gasoline and motor oil.
Take a look at your desk, how many plastic items are on it? Most of the plastic in those items comes from oil.
Wrong, FAIL.. you LOSE!!!!
My desk doesn't taste like oil. Neither does my soda bottle. My pen does taste a little like gasoline but thats about it.
I said LOOK not TASTE.
Originally posted by: tk149
You can't rely on a Volt to get you where you want to go?
err...that's a prototype "two years before production" Volt.
Besides the fact that at this point it would probably take $500k to replace if he totalled it, maybe just maybe they don't want to risk a PR nightmare if the car fails somewhere between Detroit and DC.
The Volt seems like an interesting car. The 40 mile limit is good enough for 90% of commuters, and it takes only 8 KWH to drive those 40 miles. At 8.5 cents per KWH here in IL, that's only 68 cents for a commute!
how much insight do you want me to bring?
that according to Goldman Sachs the impact from the failures could be up to $1trillion...
that with the failure of ONE manufacturer, outside of chrysler, will almost certainly spell major problems for suppliers... which then affect the other manufacturers who now can no longer get parts...
that chp 11 is almost impossible for any of the big 3 to come out of?
how much more do you want?
oh and Chrys CEO Bob Nardelli stated this today as well
"The first job that would go would be mine, but if in fact that's the criteria that means we would get money to save Chrysler and the people who have worked there for 80 some years, I would do it."
Clever that one is... how many people have worked there for 80 some years that the loss of his job would save?
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