Recent content by litesong

Haven't got an EV yet, but I will. I haven't had great attraction for larger mpg reducing wheels & tires. However, in the past & in the present, I've gotten super deals on Craigslist for larger tires & nice larger alloy wheels to replace the smaller steels & tires on my cars. Car handling &...

Watching the Formula E racing EV events, they show remaining charge percentages of all the racing EVs on the TV screen. In almost all cases, remaining EV charges will track from 100% to 70% to 30% to 10% to 5%. Only then will the EV racers come into the pits to exchange their battery depleted EV...

Looking quickly through the thread, did anyone mention the lack of a simple two-speed manual transmission. Not for performance, but to drop the rpms by 25% & gain 10+% more range while on the highway. On other forums & threads, people mention the difficulty of matching rpms for an electric...

Bolt wouldn't get me off gas. I love to drive....way beyond Bolt range. But I wouldn't drive the full range of Bolt, except in an emergency. With the ICE cars we have the Cascade Mountains, including Rainier, Baker, Glacier Peak, St. Helens, Adams Mountains, deep wildernesses.... & lots of near...

Bread comes in 24 grains & other delectable varieties. Toast is not weird, but wonderfully diverse...... specially with hot chocolate made with brown sugar. In my beautiful state Bolt will take me to many exquisite terrains....& more often than more expensive & polluting gasoline engines did.

Normal americans over-accelerate, over-brake, speed, can't drive smoothly, tailgate, yo-yo their velocity, don't know how to approach, ascend or descend hills, have no idea at what speeds or rpms their transmissions shift, don't short shift & most seldom use efficiency as a guide to conduct...

............................

My two Elantras, bad-mouthed for poor mpg, have given 43 & 45+mpg. My Bolt range will probably hover beyond 250-260miles. I'm skeptical your normal EPA Bolt range will be like-wise.

The auto industry may give a hint at their costs, when they are dumping stripped(?) cars, making room for the new year's vehicles. I've seen 2015 Chevy Spark ICE cars advertised ~ $8000+. After the 2008 recession started, one Hyundai dealer advertised TWO Accents for $14,000. Lately, I saw an...

"litesong" wrote: But we do know that present rebates have gone to rich people so they can play with a $100,000(+?) car. ////// ssspinball Thankfully, the "rich people" are sharing their zero emission air with us...... //////// litesong wrote: ...... as they have shared their unnecessary gas...

Can I have 222..... can I, can I, can I?

But we do know that present rebates have gone to rich people so they can play with a $100,000(+?) car.

If GM adds extra to the cost of Bolt (in essence, transferring the gov't $7500 purchaser rebate to rich CEOs), I'll stay with my 2016 $13,000 Elantra & be happy. Back in the late 70's & 80's, car makers built inexpensive high mpg vehicles for the masses. Now, you can buy high mpg vehicles, but...

Considering the extra weight of the 60kWh battery pack, extrapolating the Bolt range from a 20-24kWh pack, might be too optimistic. I would have adored a 2sp. manual transmission to gain at least 10% better highway range. Failing this tho, I understand that range will increase dramatically as...

The 2016 Hyundai Elantra(under $13,000), had power windows. Possibly, the Chevy Spark or cheapest model of the Nissan Versa may still have manual windows. With a narrow 2-door coupe, I would like manual windows. But, in a wide 4-door car, 4 manual windows are impossible to get at from the...