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Speaking of unsustainable socialist utopian fantasies, these people hopeful for some freedom are barking up the wrong tree, eh? China’s Communist oligarchy probably considers Obama a left-deviationist.
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volt – catch the fire
Good one, nr. Heh.
The world needs more coal-powered cars.
In the late 70’s I worked in a Chicago-area grocery store and we first began using plastic bags at checkout instead of brown paper bags to ‘save trees’……now, the same geniuses want us to go back to using paper bags instead of plastic to save the Earth, or something…..I guess trees didn’t poll well anymore.
volt – put a spark in your life
volt – electrify your garage
Fortunately I’ve given up sobriety for Lent or this might really upset me..
The whole “save a tree” thing with respect to paper was stupid from the start. The vast majority of the trees used to make paper are specifically grown for the purpose. Those trees would no longer be grown if paper weren’t being made.
Oy! For this we bailed them out? A Chevette would be better.
Okay, here are the facts about car fires. My fellow conservatives are badly misrepresenting the Chevy Volt fire story. It’s no fire hazard. Yes, you can make clever puns and funny videos, but Volts are not spontaneously combusting.
In January, BMW/Mini recalled Mini Coopers because the control for the turbocharger’s auxiliary water cooler could have an electrical fault and cause a fire. Twelve cars have burned so far, including 8 while parked.
Another recent recall for Ford Escape/Mazda Tributes was announced because 86 cars burned AFTER a previous recall service that was supposed to be done wasn’t done properly by dealer technicians.
All of those fires took place in customer owned cars, in regular use.
Now compare that to the Volt. Exactly one Volt has burned, three weeks after a severe crash test and subsequent rollover. It was a side impact into a pole at 20mph and then the car was overturned. Because the battery wasn’t discharged after the crash test, when battery coolant leaked, it cause a short circuit, igniting the fire. It just so happens that there’s a structural member in the Volt’s floor that coincidentally lined up with the pole and transferred most of the loading from the crash directly into the battery pack. GM is retrofitting additional structural pieces to reinforce the battery pack.
That’s it. One fire, not in a real life situation. Yes, GM could have done a better job informing NHTSA and first responders with the need to discharge the battery after a serious collision, but Bob Lutz is correct when he says that a lot of right-wingers are not giving the Volt a fair shake.
I don’t like Obama’s policies or the way Stephen Rattner, Obama’s car czar, structured the bailout to screw bondholders and keep the UAW from taking a haircut. The restructuring was done in a manner that simply stinks and overturned longstanding bankruptcy practices. However, the fact that Commerce now owns part of Government Motors has very little to do with the Volt.
The Volt was already under development long before Obama was elected. The original patents were granted in 2006, an offshoot of GM’s development of their Dual-Mode hybrid system. Economics aside, I don’t know a single auto enthusiast or reviewer who has driven the Volt and not come away impressed. It’s a technological tour de force. Does it make sense from a standpoint of economics? No, but as one Volt owner told me, nobody buys a $40,000 car expecting to save money.
Yes, the Volt is low hanging fruit for conservatives wanting to take a few whacks at Team Obama, but repeating mistruths about the Volt’s supposed fire hazards does our side no honor.
Ronnie Schreiber
CarsInDepth.com
Great, next up, the Albigensian Anti-Defamation League…
Ronnie’s wet-blanket fact-checking notwithstanding, this is still a damn fine t-shirt.
Just one Volt fire seems like an enormous amount when only like, 14 people drive them.
“Bob Lutz is correct when he says that a lot of right-wingers are not giving the Volt a fair shake.”
Seems we’ve all given more than enough in support of the Volt already don’t you think, Mr. Schreiber?