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Originally Posted by shines
Has anyone seen these on the roads not owned by a government agency? I've seen 2 in my town, both being driven by typical government dolts. A buddy of mine lives in Austin and he's spotted them with city government tags on them.
It seems cities buying Volts was a precondition of receiving "stimulus" funds from the federal government. LOL!
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Yes, I've seen plenty.
I've never heard of local governments being required to buy Volts to get stimulus money. Not saying it didn't happen but it doesn't even make sense..................unless you believe in some conspiricy between the government and GM.
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Originally Posted by PoorMansCamaro
last i heard, they all got recalled. not sure if they've fixed whatever issue was wrong. 
but then again, i may not have a clue what i'm talking about...which is probably the case. |
No, you are correct. They were recalled to add some reinforcements.
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Originally Posted by shines
I heard that too, batteries exploding or something 
I'm just curious because the Volt was such a huge PR tool for the politicians when they bailed out GM. Seems like a disaster so far, like everything the government touches. |
A Volt caught fire after sitting for 3 weeks after a goverment crash test. It didn't explode.
I worked around the Volt team in it's early phases. Not sure what you mean by the government touching it unless you mean the crash test. I know the government did look over the future portfolio from a financial standpoint and it's possible the Volt program was encouraged behind closed doors (we'll never know) but people were working on the Volt concept well before the bankruptcy in June of '09.
If you recall, GM showed the Volt Concept Car in January of 2007 at the Detroit Auto Show......................well before the bankruptcy and well before any government involvement in GM.
BTW, I do believe some of the CTF Volts were sold/leased to local governments as well as to utility companies. This was being done to get them more in tune with the Volt and electric propulsion and infrastructure needs. Seems like a good idea to me.............no?
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Originally Posted by flht99b
Several privately owned Volts here in Knoxville. Took one for a test ride on battery power, nice car. I know it's expensive and you can buy about 100K miles worth of gas for a Cruze for the price difference but that isn't what the Volt is all about. It's the 1st step towards the future. Believe me, electrons have the potential to offer far more performance than the IC engine ever will.
Ed M.
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Yep