Comments on: GM-Volt.com Readership Survey Results

By: old man

old man — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:21:43 +0000

My annual income is no where near $100,000.00. I am retired from the machine tool industry. I don’t expect to be one of the first buyers but will as soon as one is available. And I also expect the price to come down.

By: old man

old man — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:18:29 +0000

I am 67

By: V Fairleigh

V Fairleigh — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:06:08 +0000

Males are 98% stupid and females are only 2% dumb, correct me if I am wrong,the Volt has a range of 650.km 0n 54.5L of gas! That is not good! My 2007 civic does better than that! For you Americans that is just over 400miles on 12 gallons. GM is going to die with this tech! I hope they improve these numbers X 2 for production.

By: N Riley

N Riley — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:50:45 +0000

noel park

Now, if we can only convince the rest of the country.

By: noel park

noel park — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:48:10 +0000

#43 & #44 N Riley:

Works for me.

By: N Riley

N Riley — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:36:13 +0000

Sorry Al Gore for mis-stating your name. Typos get me all the time.

By: N Riley

N Riley — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:34:34 +0000

I am not a big and bigger government proponent. For me to agree to let the Federal government set higher taxes is saying a lot. It would serve as a depository and dispenser of those funds. It should have that “lock box” that Ale Gore was so fond of proposing. There would have to be hard rules and penalties for mis-use of the funds. I would like an independent or semi-independent “group” to be a watch dog over the fund. I do not trust congress to keep their fingers off of it.

What do any of you others think? Could this not hasten adoption of hybrids and electrics? We all know that cost is a large consideration. Let those who are unwilling to convert help those who do convert by paying the additional fuel taxes. Kind of like the smokers paying for the health cost of those with cancer. Yeah, we know where that tax money goes, don’t we. That is why we must have hard rules, etc.

By: N Riley

N Riley — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:26:19 +0000

noel park

I hve never been a proponent of higher gasoline taxes, but I see one way that I would support them. If the federal government would add $.10 /gal (as an example) that could only be used to fund tax rebates for purchasing AMERICAN made (not necessarily American named) hybrids and/or electrics, I could support such a plan. I would also support the idea of tax rebates and/or low interest loans to finance purchasing and installing home solar panels for producing electricity.

Some such plan as that that would benefit not only the buyer, but also the planet, I could support fully. Since I would continue using ICE powered vehicles for some time, I would feel like I was not getting a free ride after I buy my first Volt.

By: TED in Fort MYers

TED in Fort MYers — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:50:07 +0000

Very Interesting Lyle. Us teckies are the ones who will be first to show off our new Volt and sell all the other non-geeks around us on the idea.

By: noel park

noel park — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:38:20 +0000

#40 butters:

Those all sound like good arguments for tax credits for the Volt and/or much higher fuel taxes. When the market cannot adjust for the future flying of the excrement, it is good public policy to provide incentives to keep the intensity of the excrement storm down to a survivable level, IMHO.

As our friend from Alaska keeps saying, the real cost of gasoline is probably more like $10/gallon when you add in the now externalized costs of being the world’s policeman and oil war fighter. Let the people who use the stuff pay all of the cost of it.

Not to restate the obvious, but very high fuel taxes have been part of public policy in Europe since time out of mind. As a result our colleague Jean-Charles Jacquemin is driving around in an Opel which gets 49 mpg, just for example.