Here's another calculation taken off the Hot Air website
Lets do some math:
Chevy Volt: $41,000 (True Cost)
Honda Civic: $20,000 (Average build)
Difference: $21,000
Gas: $2.45/gal (in Oklahoma City)
The difference in price would buy 8,571.43 gallons of gas. The Civic gets
an average of 29 miles to the gallon. That’s 248,581.47 miles on the price
difference.
Assuming the average driver drives 12,000 miles a year, AND you only drive
the Volt on the 40 mile range of it’s battery, using no gas, you’d have to own
the Volt for 20.7 years to justify the price difference in gas savings. How
long’s that warranty again?
--- On Wed, 7/28/10, Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Nicholas Geti <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [OT] Time to buy your $41,000 Chevy Volt
> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 11:02 AM
> Gas expense is cheap. You don't have
> to buy any.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Madigan" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2:20 AM
> Subject: [OT] Time to buy your $41,000 Chevy Volt
>
>
> > What kind of knucklehead would pay $41,000 for this?
> >
> > http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20011763-54.html?tag=topStories1
> >
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