The "payback" would depend on a lot of things and how you calculate it. There is a $7500 credit that certain businesses, non profits or government agency's may not be able to take advantage of. Also, in Maryland, there is a waiver of the first $2000 of sales tax. So that could save some money too. If the Volt runs on all electric, it costs 4.3 cents per mile to drive ($1.50 a charge/35 miles). A car that gets an average of 28 MPG would cost 12.5 cents per mile ($3.50 a gallon/28 miles). After 100,000 miles, that's a savings of $8200.
what about batteries?(i understand that if you lease-it's probably not your problem). but if you buy?(the question applies to all hybrid owners). how often you have to replace them,cost,what the maintenance is,etc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevy_volt#Battery "The Volt's battery is guaranteed by General Motors for eight years or 100,000 miles (160,000 km), and will cover all 161 battery components. As all rechargeable batteries degrade over time, General Motors estimates the Volt battery will degrade by 10 to 30% after 8 to 10 years. The Voltâs battery management system runs more than 500 diagnostics at 10 times per second, allowing to keep track of the Voltâs battery pack in real-time, 85% of which ensure the battery pack is operating safely and 15% monitor battery performance and life"
No probably, for sure. Never mind that it lasts for less than the average trip in the US. Anyone finding this made up statistic should publish here, because I'm sure that it is out there.
We're still having no problem selling Volts. We could sell more if we had more in stock. We are actively buying them from other dealerships. I personally sold 4 last month. What difference does the "average trip in the US" have on anything? It doesn't need to have the range to cover the "average trip" because you can always use gas if you need to. The new Prius plug-in has a range of less than half of the Volt's range. Does that make it a bad car? Because it doesn't conform to your definition of what a car should be? By the way, 5 weeks now since I got my Volt, and I haven't used one drop of gas. I gues there will always be haters.
The point of any electric car is to <b>never use gas.</b> It wouldn't go very far on the typical commute before it started to use some.
No, we object to your propaganda that there was a waiting list and other bullshit. They shut down the line. Good story bro.