Test driving the Chevy Volt
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Updated: 3:51 AM Mar 11, 2011
Test driving the Chevy Volt
Benton Harbor, Mich.
A new car will hit car dealerships of Michiana soon and while it looks like a normal car from the outside, it is far from normal under the hood.
Posted: 1:04 PM Mar 10, 2011
Reporter: Frank Waugh
Email Address: frank.waugh@wndu.com
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  • by Anon on Mar 14, 2011 at 05:22 AM
    You people are not getting the math right. If gas is this high in a bad economy, how high will it get if the economy gets better; $9 a gallon seems right. I can also assume that these cars dont need oil changes?
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  • by Amazing on Mar 13, 2011 at 06:53 AM
    $48,000 for a Government Motors car built by a Government Sponsored Enterprise that in our once great country should have went bankrupt. No thanks. I have not bought a "GM" auto or truck since 1979 and I never will again, period. Hey TommyZ...the money that bailed out your "American Company" was borrowed from China. Start an actual "thinking" program.
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  • by Kentucky on Mar 12, 2011 at 05:03 AM
    Hybrid Mama, How long are you figuring to save that much money on gas alone? If gas was $5 a gallon $40,000 would buy 8,000 gallons of gas. I can only speak for myself but I buy 10 gallons every week. It would take me 800 weeks or 15.38 years to buy 8000 gallons of gas. I would probably have to by 3 Volts in that amount of time.
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  • by Big Daddy Location: La Porte on Mar 12, 2011 at 02:00 AM
    8 air bags and a On Star Crash Response. Sounds like something that goes together. It's a wonder they don't include something GM had back in the mid 80s, a life insurance they included with the sale of the car in the event you get killed in the car.
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  • by Savings? No Savings! on Mar 12, 2011 at 01:36 AM
    Hybrid Mama-sorry - you did NOT do the math. You would not even come close to breaking even if you consider the outrageous cost of the vehicle and the cost of replacement batteries - electric cars' time will come. Like anything else, the early versions will be overpriced and the bugs not yet worked out. Don't forget - your electric bill is outrageous also and will not go down like gasoline would probably do. Good luck with your purchase.
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  • by Hybrid Mama Location: Elkhart on Mar 11, 2011 at 12:20 PM
    Savings- You will save that much in GAS ALONE the way things are heading! You will BREAK EVEN or do even better! Hybrids and Electric cars are the way of the future and the way of the "now". We need to start looking at other options, instead of literally acting like "dinosaurs" by using oil!
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  • by Rabid Irish Fan Location: Still Standing Tall on Mar 11, 2011 at 07:59 AM
    First of all I would never buy a Government Motors vehicle. Second it is a piece of junk! I'll keep driving my gas powered muscle car. TommyZ's car will be in the junk yard before he gets it paid for!
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  • by Informed Location: Mishawaka on Mar 11, 2011 at 06:49 AM
    According to the most recent Consumer Reports, when tested in cold weather like here, the battery on this car only produced a average of 23 miles or so before needing charging.
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  • by Savings? on Mar 10, 2011 at 06:07 PM
    After spending nearly $20,000.00 more than a similar gas powered vehicle, accounting for the cost of electricity to charge the vehicle and spending a minimum of $2,500.00 every 2-3 years to replace the rechargeable batteries, just how many decades must you own this vehicle to break even with the money otherwise spent buying a gas powered vehicle fuel. You won't be enjoying any engine power to speak of either. Do the math and you just might rather spend the same amount over the life of the vehicle on a muscle car and have more fun at the same time!
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  • by TommyZ on Mar 10, 2011 at 01:45 PM
    I have been tracking this car and its technolgy for a year now and I am quite impressed. I have mine on order and wish it would come in soon but they told me about another 10 weeks from now.I was not sure if I should get it or not but with these gas prices it looks better every day. I am sick and tired of sending my money to these oil rich countries. There are some things you can not control so you have to take it upon yourself to change things on your own, that is why I am getting this car. Great job GM ,I will only buy from an American manufacturer.
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