Posted: 6/4/2017 11:13:25 PM EDT
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Not a fan of Chevy. Not a fan of all electric and most hybrid cars but they are making progress.
I am starting to get interested here. The Chevy Volt is a waste of money IMO and a car for people who have more feels than brains but this new Bolt is headed in the right direction. http://www.chevrolet.com/bolt-ev-electric-vehicle Saw it today when Motorweek had a review on it. Over 200 miles on a charge, 8 year battery guarantee , decent charge times with upgraded charger, 0 to 60 in 6.5 seconds ( Yeah, not super car quick but quick for your average car ), and under $30,000.00 with all rebates and tax breaks. Increase distance and get charge times down and I could be in....... This is all the car my wife would need for daily driving and of course we would keep our gasers. Wife burns about $ 125.00 per month just to and from work. |
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The new Tesla with an MSRP of $30k will wipe the floor with everyone, which I guess is the Volt and the Leaf.
Competition is good. electric grocery getters within reach of the average working person are coming, and its a good thing* *as long as we build some new nuke plans to feed them |
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Wife burns about $ 125.00 per month just to and from work. How far is that? seems pretty cheap. Current ride get 27/28 MPG. |
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The new Tesla with an MSRP of $30k will wipe the floor with everyone, which I guess is the Volt and the Leaf. Competition is good. electric grocery getters within reach of the average working person are coming, and its a good thing* *as long as we build some new nuke plans to feed them 
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Those tax breaks and subsidies wont last forever. Hopefully enough competitors get into the market to drive costs further down by then.
Can you imagine how affordable the Tesla Model 3 could be if they didn't try to make it like a space ship? The Model 3 has a freakin' tablet PC in the middle with 4G LTE data from AT&T and a web browser. Get rid of that shit, get rid of the auto pilot, get rid of the cameras, get rid of ALL the luxury shit. Make the actual electric drive mechanisms sophisticated as fuck and cheap out on everything else, and they could probably have a $20,000 car. |
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30k for something that small when you can get a carolla or civic for 18k is dumb. Do you think it comes free electricity? http://www.motortrend.com/cars/chevrolet/bolt-ev/2017/2017-chevrolet-bolt-ev-review-update-1/ From a test : Total, it’s cost us about $87 to go nearly 3,200 miles on 29 charges. They will only get better so yeah, I am watching this. Also, no oil changes and gas engine maintenance etc. Don't get me wrong, I have made the argument and shown the math for example the VOLT versus a corolla or civic.... and I agree the the civic and corolla make FAR FAR more sense. But, the Bolt is a little different and where will it or others be 5 years from now? |
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Those tax breaks and subsidies wont last forever. Hopefully enough competitors get into the market to drive costs further down by then. Can you imagine how affordable the Tesla Model 3 could be if they didn't try to make it like a space ship? The Model 3 has a freakin' tablet PC in the middle with 4G LTE data from AT&T and a web browser. Get rid of that shit, get rid of the auto pilot, get rid of the cameras, get rid of ALL the luxury shit. Make the actual electric drive mechanisms sophisticated as fuck and cheap out on everything else, and they could probably have a $20,000 car. People forget we had electricity before everything went digital. |
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From a test : Total, it’s cost us about $87 to go nearly 3,200 miles on 29 charges. Still, $87 to go 3,200 miles........ not bad. AND again, like I said , they will only get better. |