evnow
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garygid said:Do any AutoNation dealers have an allotment of Volts to sell?
All dealers who sell GM cars in the rollout areas and wanted allotments have allotments. I beleive in proportion to their sales ...
garygid said:Do any AutoNation dealers have an allotment of Volts to sell?
evnow said:garygid said:Do any AutoNation dealers have an allotment of Volts to sell?
All dealers who sell GM cars in the rollout areas and wanted allotments have allotments. I beleive in proportion to their sales ...
evchels said:There are currently ~600 Volt dealers, though some of them may not last as such. They are being given allocation according to traditional methods- bigger dealers will get more cars. The number of cars per dealer for all of 2011 I've heard so far has varied from 1 to maybe 15, with most dealers in the mid-high single digits.
evnow said:leaffan said:That's a first! May I please have the name and location of that dealer? Thanks!
All AutoNation dealers are selling for MSRP. Also one of the dealers who posts in gm-volt was saying there are dealers with plenty of allocated Volts not sold out - so my guess is they will sell at MSRP.
TRONZ said:Also, with VOLT allocations not yet sold out, it might not be such a stretch to imagine GM releasing a pure VOLT EV very soon... if they really want to compete with Nissan that is.
Chevrolet Volt Uses More than 8 kwh of Stored Battery Energy to Achieve EV Range
Over time as the battery degrades the car’s electric range will gradually decline. The pack should reach about 70 to 75% of capacity after 8 years/100,000 miles. The car will gradually increase the usable state of charge band, however, to continue enabling the 25 to 50 miles of electric range.
Boomer23 said:At the CCSE $5k Calif rebate workshop in San Diego on Monday, Joel Pointon, EV manager for SDG&E mentioned that we should expect the Volt to get 5 miles/kWh and the Leaf to get 4 miles/kWh.
We have also announced that we plan to launch the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended range in late 2010. On a fully charged battery and tank of gas, the Chevrolet Volt has a driving range of hundreds of miles. When powered only from electricity stored in its 16-kWh lithium-ion battery; the Chevrolet Volt has a typical range of 25-50 miles depending on terrain, driving technique, temperature and battery age.
evnow said:Long review ....
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/alternative/1010_2011_chevrolet_volt_test/index.html
Expect reviews to come fast and furious -- and in much greater detail -- in coming days. The Detroit News reports more than 150 auto critics will hit Metro Detroit this week to accept a unique offer from GM: Show up, and we'll hand you the keys.
Azrich said:http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/electric-road-trip
Alan Boyle, Science Editor for msnbc is taking an 800 mile road trip in a Volt form Seattle to San Francisco. He is reporting along the way every hour or so. Mileage so far has been about 42 to 50 mpg. He has some video blogs posted too.
"It's OK."
That's how I replied to a text from my brother-in-law, also a car enthusiast, who knew I was driving a Chevy Volt from Seattle to San Francisco.
That's the problem with the Volt: It's just OK. And for me, just OK isn't enough for a car that costs over $40,000.
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Speaking of the center stack, it's one of the worst features of the car. It's a mess of flush-mounted, touch-sensitive studs that are labeled with nothing more than white text on a glossy-body-colored surface.
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