> > Cost to operate a Chevy Volt
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> > Eric Bolling (Fox Business Channel's Follow the Money) test drove the Chevy Volt at the invitation of General Motors.
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> > For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine.
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> > Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the
> > battery. So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh battery is approximately 270 miles.
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> > It will take you 4 1/2 hours to drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and you have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.
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> > According to General Motors, the Volt battery holds 16 kwh
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> > of electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery. The cost for the electricity to charge the Volt is never mentioned so I looked up what I pay for electricity. I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh.
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> > 16 kwh x $1.16 per kwh = $18.56 to charge the battery. $18.56 per charge divided by 25 miles = $0.74 per mile to operate the Volt using the battery.
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> > Compare this to a similar size car with a gasoline engine that gets only 32 mpg. $3.19 per gallon divided by 32 mpg = $0.10 per mile.
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> > The gasoline powered car costs about $15,000 while the Volt costs
> > $46,000.........
> > So the Government wants us to pay 3 times as much, for a car that costs more that 7 times as much to run, and takes 3 times longer to drive across the country.....
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> > REALLY ????? And what does a battery replacement cost?