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Chevrolet Volt In a Gasoline-Only Scenario
s122604 sends in a performance review of the Chevy Volt, paying particular attention to what happens after the initial plug-in capacity has been depleted. This reader adds, "The review indicates that the performance is adequate, and perhaps better than anticipated. If the Volt can deliver technically, especially with the possibility that it could retail for less than expected (WSJ subscription may be required), does GM have a potential hit on its hands?" "How well will General Motors' Chevrolet Volt drive once it gets past its 40 mile all-electric driving range and starts to rely on power generated by its gasoline engine? That's been a question for both critics and fans of the Volt, and with just 11 months to go before this car hits the market, I got the answer."
And then they turn around and buy US debt [treas.gov] with those profits
The reason they do that, is that they resist spending the money, and they do that to try and keep an artificial scarcity in dollars. Our strategy of issuing debt and now even printing is a tacit recognition that we know they will buy, with goods, every dollar we print, and thus they have hoards of dollars sitting in their banks and treasuries and really doing nothing.
This isn't global capitalism, it is utterly disfunctional mercantilism. IF this were genuine free trade, the asian countries wouldn't have dollars in the banks, they would have -american products- for their consumers.
If it wasn't for China and Japan, the US would be bankrupt and you would not be enjoying your current standard of living
Oh, that, we owe $200,000 a piece in Federal and Public debt standard of living, and we haven't even started paying for aging baby boomers yet? My, that sounds like a hell of a plan you got there.
This is my sig.
Modern turbo-diesels are outstanding pieces of work, but the US market is prejudiced against them because of their noisy, smelly, polluting predecessors.
That's because they ARE noisy, smelly and polluting..
Besides, diesel is more inconvenient as I'd have to hunt to find a station that dispenses it. Not all do and they would be mainly on the big truck transport routes.
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
What is it about "European-style socialism" that seems to make people happier?
Maybe it has more to do with Americans clutch their guns and seem to believe that at any moment the government is going to burst in and take them away. Or at least the Republicans believe that. The most angry and unhappy (and paranoid) people on the planet seem to be Republicans.
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
Says somebody whose last experience with a diesel car was probably back in the '80s. Or at least with that vintage of a vehicle.
If there is a vehicle in front of me with black smoke coming out of the exhaust during acceleration, its almost guaranteed to be a VW diesel
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
Ok. So 2009 was the TDI, and 2010 is the Audi. So there are TWO clean diesel cars.
If you bothered to actually look you'd find the diesels from Mercedes and BMW as well as Audi and VW all are quite clean these days.
I have absolutely no interest in ever purchasing a diesel. None. If I had one I'd have to drive well out of my way to find a station that sells diesel, and even then there would be one pump off to the side for transports.
I'll stick to my hybrid SUV and take my 45mpg, thanks.
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
I've had fuel in my car for more than 4 weeks in winter, without starting it. I had no problems with this.
When was the last time you looked at the inside of your gas tank?