GM's green power trip

[tcrist]

Everybody that buys the Volt and cars like them will need to put up their own solar charging station at their houses.

[Wayne Maybury]

Ontario is offering $10,000 to anyone buying a Volt. Actually they didn't say a "Volt" but they set it up in such a way that the Volt is just about the only car that fits the program. Even the President of Toyota, who expects to have a similar plug-in hybrid vehicle available soon, said that the market should determine which cars the public wants to buy. He feels that this type of program will result in sales of vehicles that the buyers really don't want.

Can you imagine driving this thing in the winter? At least it would start OK but running the heater/defroster sure would cut into the gas mileage.

Wayne

[Dan40]

Originally Posted by tcrist

Everybody that buys the Volt and cars like them will need to but up their own solar charging station at their houses.

And work nights so their cars can charge during the day!

[Ron61]

And don't forget those long Winter weeks when the snow is deep and the sun never shines. I have recently talked to another Solar Company here and we have far less severe Winters than back East and the owner of the company told me that at best in this area Solar Power is just an added bonus for the hot Summer months and that few people would ever live long enough right now for it to even pay for itself in this area. I had been thinking about trying to have a system put in just to power the lighter loads of the house and use the regular power for the air conditioning and other heavy draws.

Ron