Fox Tests Volt, Runs Out Of Juice In Lincoln Tunnel
GM noted that Fox has issues with the Volt. They give Eric Bolling a Chevy Volt for a week. And this is what GM receives in return. Ingrates.
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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You talked about being scared about being electrocuted one time when you wanted to plug the car in while it was raining. The J1772 recharging port is water proof. There is technology in place that makes getting electrocuted impossible. Power won't flow until the computer in the car sees a complete electrical connection, then and only then will it start to flow power. I suppose it might be possible to be electrocuted, but you'd have to get a hammer and a flat head screw driver and try to pierce the insulation of the wire...
People on here still don't get it! The Volt is an electric car! The gas motor in it is just for the generator to recharge the batteries! It does not run in the gas motor at all! The gas motor is NOT connected to the drive at all!
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I own a Volt. I have a 112 mile daily commute. I plug in at home and while I’m at work. I get 45 miles out of a battery charge. No I don’t drive aggressively, and I moderately use the AC/Heat. But, at the end of the day I went from using 4 gallons of gas a day, on the same commute, to half a gallon of gas. But, somehow I should be convinced that the Volt does not perform as promised. That is a flat out lie. Maybe I’d buy in to all this crap about the heater not working, less than promised range etc. if I didn’t already own a Volt, and didn’t already know different. But, that’s the goal right? Influence the people that don’t know any better about how the car actually performs... P.S. Eric Bolling, nice try, but you’re a moron!!