Re-Volting
Remember the Chevy Volt, the car that was going to revolutionize American driving habits? Well, apparently there's a teensy little problem with them, (all 6,000 of them, since that's exactly how many they've sold in two years):
Yes, perfectly safe! Fire? No, no! That's a feature; it's got heated seats!
No, it just happens sometime afterwards. You're driving down the road, minding your own business in your (slightly dented) Volt, when a fire elemental starts doing the cha-cha on your dashboard. No problem. Perfectly safe.
General Motors will buy Chevrolet Volts back from any owner who is afraid the electric cars will catch fire, the company's CEO said Thursday.
In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, CEO Dan Akerson insisted that the cars are safe, but said the company will purchase the Volts because it wants to keep customers happy. Three fires have broken out in Volts after side-impact crash tests done by the federal government.
Yes, perfectly safe! Fire? No, no! That's a feature; it's got heated seats!
The fires happened seven days to three weeks after tests performed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. And GM has said there's no threat of fires immediately after crashes.
No, it just happens sometime afterwards. You're driving down the road, minding your own business in your (slightly dented) Volt, when a fire elemental starts doing the cha-cha on your dashboard. No problem. Perfectly safe.
posted by Jar(egg)head at 08:54
2 Comments:
They won't have to go far since the dealers were the ones buying them to get the 5k cash incentive from ol' Uncle Barry, then turning around and trying to sell them as used for only about 1k less than the initial sell price. Now they can turn around an unload those deathtraps back to GM and turn a nice profit.
Job security, again. But, for consistent fires upon impact, choose a Dodge Ram.
As an aside, I do like the Volt. It's not a bad looking car, drives fairly well, and is really quiet. Like 4:40 AM sneak-back-home-without-your-wife-catching-you quiet. Try that on your Harley.
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