Why do liberals hate the Chevy Volt concept so much?

Question

When I found out lefties are so against this car it really made me sick. If this car were to make it to production, it could potentially save GM, boost our economy, and offer a stylish alternative to the hideous prius. Instead, most Liberals I have seen just SLAM GM and brag about how great their prius is. Wouldn't you want something home grown that actually puts money back into the economy to drive?

Answer 1

I'm considered "liberal" and I am hyped for the Volt, dislike the Prius, and love GM(own a Pontiac). I am more interested in the Tesla Roadster though. That thing is cool as h**l. It gets like 200 miles on a charge and it's fully electric. It's 70K though, but still that's dope.  

Answer 2

It's real simple. GM is bragging about this car which by the way doesn't exist yet, cause the batteries haven't even been invented to power it 40 miles.  Liberals realize that GM is just posturing for a bail-out like the one congress gave Chrysler back in the 80's.  They will claim that they are on the verge of a great car and need help from congress to deliver it.  GM never in its history has ever taken the wraps off a concept car that will actually go into production.  Why now?  And the waiting list isn't even a real one, so why even produce such a list.  This is just another snow job for the american people.  Can you say baaaa...............BTW the Prius and the Hybrid Civic which I picked up this morning are real.  No smoke and mirrors. Oh, something else, I'm a Republican and have been my whole life but on this issue I agree with the liberals.  Sometimes they actually get it right.

Answer 3

i'm not sure, maybe because it's too late, and also GM has a history of not coming through on these sorts of things (EV-1 anybody?). seems interesting, but let's wait to see if GM can finally pull something grandiose off, as opposed to the miserable failures we've become accustomed to.

Answer 4

Lets think about this for a few seconds. It will cost more than you will want to pay and needs a gas engine if you plan on doing anything but drive 40 miles or less. That means no radio, CD/DVD, air, cell phone charger, etc. If you are willing to put up with the limitations, you will need to plug it in to recharge. This means higher electric bills for you. Deduct this cost from your gas savings. If millions of people buy a Volt, many more power plants will have to be built. Fuel choices to run the new power plants: coal pollutes, nuclear has waste disposal problems, natural gas is becoming scarse and expensive, solar is expensive and only works when the sun shines, wind power takes up too much room and only works when the wind is strong enough, diesel costs more than gas. Still sound like something you want everyone to drive?

Answer 5

Because real liberals don't understand the concept of helping your nations economy by buying products made by companies in that nation.

Another reason liberals hate the Chevy Volt and the Chevy Tahoe Hybrid, GM is a big evil AMERICAN corporation, while Toyota is a weak FOREIGN corporation that has been bullied by American corporations for years.

I know, it sickens me to think that people slam the Volt beause it's by GM yet praise the Prius because it's from Toyota, and praise the Tesla because it's not GM.

The Volt will be a revolutionary car. It's an all electric powertrain, meaning, power to the wheels always comes from the electric motor. It can go much further, up to 360 miles with the range extender, or just about what you'd get from any other car with a 15 gallon tank nowadays. And once you hit that 360ish mark, you have to plug it in right? Wrong, just fill up the gas tank for the range extender (this only charges the batteries, it doesn't run the wheels), which will be anywhere from 8 gallons to 12 gallons. So a fill-up at say $5.00 a gallon will cost anywhere from $40 to 60$ for every 360 mile trip you make. If you were to go from Riverside, CA to Chicago, IL (2000 mi roughly) that turns into about $330 for the gas on your trip, and thats with gas at $5.00 a gallon.  

Now the people who buy these cars probably aren't going to spend their whole lives driving cross country, odds are they might put maybe 300 miles on the car in a week or so, but in that span, they will be charging the car every night anyway. So odds are, one of the biggest hurdles that will face the Volt will be how to keep the gasoline in the tank from going bad, because under normal city and commuting use, you might not ever actually drive far enough to necessitate the use of the range extender.

I can't wait for this car to come out, now me being fresh out of college, I'm probably not going to be able to afford one for quite sometime, maybe I'll be able to buy a used 2010 model in 2013, but I do believe this car will jumpstart the electric car age.

Unlike with the EV1, he technology is now viable, and more importantly reliable to a point where GM can consider creating a model for use by the masses.

However, the Liberals will do anything they can to discredit GM, they don't want GM to succeed because to them GM is evil. This is why these green groups couldn't see past the breakthrough with the Chevy Tahoe Hybrid. Although 20mpg might not sound like much, for a full size SUV with 300+ horsepower and a V-8 that's actually one h**l of a breakthrough. They're just blinded by their hate for anything GM Corporate. And this is still the case with the Chevy Volt.

GM will prove them wrong, and it will see better days even before the launch of the Chevy Volt. Just look at the upcoming Chevy Cruze, non-hybrid, estimated mileage of 40mpg

Answer 6

There is absolutely nothing I can add to the above and your comments.

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Answer 7

Hey I am a liberal and I own 2 Chevy's. I love GM vehicles. I agree yes these are great ideas with the Volt concept, but I am not slamming them. In fact I am all for it and like you said keep jobs here in the US. Ironically though, on a good hanful of recent model Japanese cars (Toyotas, Nissans, and Hondas especially) check the VIN. If the first digit happens to be a 1 it was made in the US.