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Old October 9th, 2008, 3:03 AM   #1
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Holden has previewed General Motors’ plug-in hybrid electric car before it goes on sale locally in 2012, reports JOSHUA DOWLING.





Holden took the Sydney motor show by surprise this morning when it unveiled the Chevrolet Volt electric car and confirmed it would be in Australian show rooms by 2012.
Pricing is yet to be confirmed but the Volt, which is similar in size to a Holden Astra sedan, is expected to cost more than $30,000 locally.
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Guess it's as good as confirmed for the UK as well then
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Gee, brilliant, our first coal-powered car... and watch the media & greenies just lap it up.
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You guys don't have nuclear?
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Wehey! A Daewoo Volt..
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No, thanks to dumbass greenies we can't use our years of proven nuclear fuel.
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Nope, because the greenies managed to make everyone have an irrational fear of it.

Though there are a few parts where it would be a water powered electric car.

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I wish we had nuclear here. Even a lot of "greenies" want it as while of course it's a polluter, you can contain the pollution (if done right). No going into the air, killing fish, etc.
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Of course we don't. We have the largest share of the world's uranium reserves - about a quarter of that on the entire planet, but...

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I would be interested how 'clean' this car actually is - Victoria is powered almost entirely off brown coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel there is. Static generators like power plants are more efficient than internal combustion engines, but still...
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The electricity grid in Victoria is crap enough: Remember the blackouts during the summer months when many people have their aircon on? I almost had a blackout every fortnight in my area.

Now, imagine all those Plug-in hybrids plugged in at night charging. Hmm.....I'm not looking forward to plug-ins until they can strengthen the 50's tech power grid.
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You mean during off-peak hours? images/smilies/tongue.gif
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It won't be Off-peak anymore when everyone's got their cars plugged in.
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I think this car is one of the most promising hybrid methods for the future, in my opinion the best solution. Hydrogen is much favoured by some but, it's still a long way off.

You do have a point though when your power generators aren't the cleanest, it's why I object to participating in Earth Hour (we're all supposed to flick the lights off for an hour to save Co2 emissions) here in Christchurch, even though all our power down here is Hydro. images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

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I wish we had nuclear here. Even a lot of "greenies" want it as while of course it's a polluter, you can contain the pollution (if done right). No going into the air, killing fish, etc.
Which we don't.

I was going to say you guys could just run your shit off your cars during "blackout" times, but then I remembered the Volt has a dismal electric system. Have fun with it. images/smilies/biggrin.gif
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Could you imagine trying to repair a broken down volt in the middle of nowhere?

A friend had a Prius (god help him. At least it was a company car) brake down on him on a run to Alice Springs. Needless to say, he won't be a hybrid owner any time soon....
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Could you imagine trying to repair a broken down volt in the middle of nowhere?

A friend had a Prius (god help him. At least it was a company car) brake down on him on a run to Alice Springs. Needless to say, he won't be a hybrid owner any time soon....
We have prius's at work and they are always the last cars anyone takes.
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I think this car just needs to be released before announcing/confirming RHD, I mean everytime I see the commercials for it and it says "Expected 2010" I just laugh at how much its delayed.
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GM could be shooting itself in the foot by creating too much hype, hence expectation.
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Assuming Holden doesn't go under.

Hopefully they don't. The new small car project looks interesting though, but is it too little too late?
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