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Willinois (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:09 PM Original message |
Electric car saving GM jobs |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hope they go forward with the "battery lease" idea... |
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nebula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The batteries last 20 years |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yeah, I know. But people don't see it that way... |
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Willinois (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And if the companies really wanted to market the car |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yeah well sad to say, these days... |
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razzleberry (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 04:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. 10 yr claim .... link? |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 06:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. These are to be the Chevy volt batteries. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Where can I read more about Battery Lease? |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. . |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Thanks! |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. I wouldn't mix GM and leasing... |
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MelissaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
8. Off to the greatest for more eyes! |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
9. Weird. The Cadillac DTS that I had to rent got 36/gal on the highway. |
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Willinois (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. The GM website says 22 highway. |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Nope. My own calculation. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Milage estimates are never that accurate. I know someone that got well over 30mpg in a DTS too. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 07:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Wow! Is that empty or with a full load of billy-goats? |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Not BS'ing here |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. It's funny how they keep telling us what we want. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Because the move to small efficient cars is trashing their profit margins. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Most dont, but they'll buy them anyways for the fuel milage. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm from Michigan, and I'm committed to my next car being a Volt |
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bedpanartist (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
13. I played a gig in Hamtramck two weeks ago |
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