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Question: Would you give your neighbor ,500 to buy a Chevy Volt?

In addition to all the bail-out money GM is getting, they are betting on the government (us taxpayers) providing a ,500 per car “incentive” to Chevy Volt buyers.

I guess this is only marginally worse than the ,000 they give you to buy a Japanese hybrid and put American workers on unemployment.

Best answer:

Answer by Cut Throat B****
This is not new. Check the tax laws.

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Chevy Volt Scholium. How the serial plug-in hybrid EV works: it consists of a pack, chosen for the daily commute, a 40-mile pack, 60-miles pack, or 100-mile pack, that runs down to empty during the daily commute, just like a real EV. Normally, the gas genset doesn’t come on during the daily commute; only if you need to go farther, for occasional long trips, or if you forgot to charge the battery last night. Just like an EV, which it is, the battery runs down, and it gets charged overnight. Overnight slow-charging HELPS the grid balance loads, and it makes NO SENSE to charge the battery during the daytime in ordinary driving. So the plug-in serial hybrid EV runs EXACTLY LIKE AN EV for the first 40, 60, or 100 miles, just like a RAV4-EV. If the genset comes on, it doesn’t charge the battery! It makes no sense to use it to charge the battery, because you want the battery low in case you need to do regen braking, for example, on a long downhill run. The genset comes on, and we use it to run the car directly. It’s true, the power can be run into the battery, just for leveling-out, but it is NOT SUPPOSED TO CHARGE THE BATTERY! Of course, it could do so, just as I could charge the EV directly from my solar rooftop system in the daytime. But it’s not advisable. Both the grid, and the cars, need energy at the SAME TIME, during the daytime peak. So that’s why we charge slowly overnight (to help the grid balance loads, and avoid turning down generators to warm-start), and also why …
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SUBSCRIBE to stay current on EV news ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ electric-vehicles-cars-bikes.blogspot.com Volvo Electric Car ReCharge Concept hybrid In-Wheel Motor EV Only about 15% of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank gets used to move your car down the road or run useful accessories, such as air conditioning. The rest of the energy is lost to engine and drive line inefficiencies and idling. Therefore, the potential to improve fuel efficiency with advanced technologies is enormous. With an Electric Car it costs just .00 per 100kms with MUCH more performance than with petrol at .00 per 100kms. Volvo ReCharge Concept hybrid EV with 4 wheel motors Electric Car vehicle. Electric motors are rated for 100000 hours or 6 MILLION Kms before they need servicing.
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Electric car, Chevy Volt , could be for sale in Abilene next year

The Chevrolet Volt could be in Abilene next year, as General Motors announced Thursday plans to sell the electric car first in Austin and then elsewhere in Texas.
Read more on Abilene Reporter-News

Emerging Stock Report Initiates Independent Research Coverage on Electric Car Company, Inc.

CALGARY, Alberta — Emerging Stock Report, a leading provider of sector specific independent investment research, today initiated coverage on Electric Car Company, Inc. . Emerging Stock Report is currently offering a complimentary trial subscription to the investment community.
Read more on GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance

Question: want to turn engine in a 90 Chevy Silverado “green” – what is the cheapest way to do this?

That pretty much says it all.. i am interested in converting my 90 Chevy pick up into a “green car”… what would be the easiest/cheapest way to do this? get a hybrid engine? and if so, do they make hybrids to fit pick ups? also, i work in the food industry, and have unlimited supply of cooking oil. Maybe that would be an option?…. any ides???

Best answer:

Answer by mikey
And what is your definition of a “green”car? Blue mixed with Yellow? Trade it on a diesel powered one and burn the cooking oil unless of course money is no object and you are only trying to do it cheaply so that you can send more funds to idgent tribes in need of everything. Of course, if you trade it in somebody else will get it so that’s not really very “green”. I guess you would have to install a diesel to really make a difference. Hybrids generally won’t work for most people as they have no power and are expensive to operate and an environmental disaster to dispose of at the end of their short life span.

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