GM Sets a Price for the Volt
At $41,000, the Volt will be more expensive than a competing electric vehicle from Nissan.
Kevin Bullis 07/27/2010
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GM has announced that it will sell the much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt--an electric car with a gas generator for extending driving range--for $41,000, which is about what people had been expecting. The automaker notes that with a federal tax credit, the actual cost to consumers is $33,500.
GM starts taking orders for the car today. It will be available initially in California, New York, Michigan, Connecticut, Texas, New Jersey and the Washington D.C. area. To buy one, you need to go to a Volt dealer, which you can find at http://www.getmyvolt.com.
The car costs more than the Nissan Leaf, which is also coming out this year. That car will sell for $32,780, or $25,280 after the tax rebate. Both are far more expensive than GMs new, more fuel efficient sedan called the Cruze, which costs $16,995 and is similar in size to the Volt.
With the Cruze, you can get 40 miles per gallon (with the Eco version). The Volt offers 40 miles of electric range with a charge, and 300-miles more with a range-extending gas generator. The Leaf offers 100 miles of gas-free driving range between charges.
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El Zato
5 Comments
Don't forget...
I agree that electric cars are the future, but FAR future, when there's a non-chemical (i.e. pollutant) and efficient way of storing electricity. Righ now we are stuck with hybrid cars with gasoline engine, or plug-in cars that use electricity generated by... coal! I think Natural Gas is the best, clean alternative energy source we can use right now, be it to generate electricity to move electric cars, or drive cars with internal combustion engines that run on Natural Gas, like the ones that exists in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and the only one available in the USA: The Honda Civic GX.
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gabrielg01
450 Comments
Re: Don't forget...to invest now for the future
Your argument is flawed/naive.
Waiting around until some miracle battery materializes out of nowhere...Better batteries will only come around if we use them, and if we create market demand. A journey of a thousand miles is made of many, many little steps...and you have to take those freakin' steps, because you won't get there by teleportation.
The Volt, and the Leaf, and the Tesla etc. are making those steps, which will eventually result in far better batteries.
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devassocx
110 Comments
Better batteries
>>only will happen if we use them???
Really? Seems to me that the Pb acid batteries we
use in every ic car isn't that much different than it was 100 years ago. I think you make a very weak argument.
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