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| | Re: i dont see how it will sell Well, I go from the outskirts of our metro area to downtown and that is a 15 mile trip.
So depending on the costs involved, 30 miles worth of gas saved a day would be well worth it.
And I commute farther than most of my coworkers. Many people never travel more than 10 miles in a day.
Sure if you live in another city or far away this doesn't work for you, but if you live in the middle of the city the savings on gas could be pretty substantial. | |
|   R4M0NBrazilian Soccer Ownz Joo
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Glen Allen, VA
4 edits | Re: i dont see how it will sell said by HappyAnarchy :
Well, I go from the outskirts of our metro area to downtown and that is a 15 mile trip.
So depending on the costs involved, 30 miles worth of gas saved a day would be well worth it.
And I commute farther than most of my coworkers. Many people never travel more than 10 miles in a day.
Sure if you live in another city or far away this doesn't work for you, but if you live in the middle of the city the savings on gas could be pretty substantial.
Let's take the average sedan and conservatively say it does 20 mpg, we are then talking about roughly 1.5 gallons of fuel saved per day over a 30 mile commute by driving the Volt. Over 5 days that's 7.5 gallons x 52 weeks = 390 gallons per year.
At $3.00/gallon that's about $1,170 per year in savings, at $4.00/gallon that's $1,560. Considering the Volt will cost about $20,000 more than a comparable gas sedan, you're looking at least 12 - 17 years just to break even. At around 10 years, you're looking at replacing the batteries at a substantial cost.
Sorry to say but you are never going to save money... At least not with the Chevy Volt. | |
| |  koolman2Premium
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Anchorage, AK | Re: i dont see how it will sell You forgot to factor in the increased electric bill to charge the thing. | |
| | |  elios
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Springfield, MO | Re: i dont see how it will sell Volt changes on the gas engine not your home power | |
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Kendall, FL
kudos:2 | Re: i dont see how it will sell said by elios:Volt changes on the gas engine not your home power Sure it does. | |
| | | | koolman2Premium
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Anchorage, AK | said by elios:Volt [charges] on the gas engine not your home power Yes, you are correct: the Volt does, indeed, charge the batteries with the engine. However, the vehicle can also be plugged into a home outlet to charge. The post I was replying to was assuming a 30 mile commute and charging at home (20 mpg, 30 mile commute, 1.5 gallons saved = 0 fuel used). | |
| | | | | R4M0NBrazilian Soccer Ownz Joo
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Glen Allen, VA | Re: i dont see how it will sell I was trying to be as conservative as possible with my figures so I wouldn't be accused of inflating costs to make the Volt look bad...
My post would be considered sort of a best-case scenario for whoever bought one.
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