Eric Bolling’s Chevy Volt Test-Drive (Which Didn’t Go So Well)
Maybe we’re being too hard on this. Lots of people have cars poop out on them in the Lincoln Tunnel.
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“What happened here was the accumulated karmic backlash of forty years’ worth of Establishment Democrats telling the Activist Left that they were the vanguard of, and spokesmen for, a broad American populist movement. For the longest time, such lies were simply an accepted part of the public policy debate; mostly because the country had no yardstick by which to judge the Left’s turnout and activities.“But then came the Tea Parties — which showed people what a real American populist movement looks like, and what it can do — and its success stung the Activist Left at the exact moment that Scott Walker came along and not unreasonably decided that if he was elected on a platform of doing certain things, he had best start doing them. This infuriated the Left, but not as much as the refusal of Walker and the WI GOP to go weak-kneed at the first sign of push-back. So… the recall movement was born!
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- Moe Lane
I’m no Volt fan, but it didn’t poop out on him… it just switched from all-electric to gas-powered. He could still keep going.
I’m so tired of gonzo journalism. Where’s the truth?
epic fail, at it’s finest…
[...] So federal dollars which could have been pumped into giving poor inner-city kids a shot at choosing a school is instead going to go into bribing well-heeled idiots into buying an electric car you can’t even get through the Lincoln Tunnel from New Jersey with before it has …. [...]
How about some input from an actual Volt owner. I get 80+ miles per gallon and with a 240Volt Charger I can completely charge my volt from a depleated battery in less than 4 hours. The only way I’ve ever experienced 25 miles in a charge is when I’m driving like a maniac breaking and accelerating hard. However, if I’m conservative in my breaking and accelerating I can milk 40-50 miles to a charge. Following this biased reporting, there has been an email circulating with really bad math referencing Bolling’s reporting for credibility. It’s already been debunked. See http://forums.phishhook.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=864434&start=0
Chevy needs to challenge the misinformation. Nissan has an EV myth busting campaign in England. Chevy and Nissan need to do the same in the U.S.
http://youtu.be/-AK1RUU_Wgs
I get 37 miles with a full charge,,dont know where this guy is coming from, The volt is the future of all cars period!!!!
It appears the future ain’t all that bright, then.
http://www.hybridcars.com/news/gm-halts-volt-production-realign-supply-demand-42068.html
Are you driving on surface streets? I drove it over 70 mph on the freeway and it switched to gasoline around 22 miles.
I test drove the Volt and I agree and disagree with Bolling. I’m also an electric car owner.
1. I drove the Volt 70 to 85 mph on the freeway and got just over 20 miles on battery power. If you need to haul ass on the freeway, you might not like the Volt. 2. 10 hours to charge is BS. No way. 4 hours max.3. It didn’t die in the Lincoln tunnel. It just switched to gasoline.4. There isn’t an electrocution risk in wet weather. J1772 is very safe in all weather conditions. I know from experience. I doesn’t even apply power to the car for several seconds after plugged in.
Doh! He was charging on 110V in the U.S. That’s why it took so long. Chevy should have set him up with a portable 220 charger or warned him about how slow cars charge on 110V.