The price of the batteries must have come down, I would have thought the battery pack would be over $10,000.
On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Donald Snook via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My wife's son-in-law works for a dentist down Oklahoma that has more money > than sense. He has done well investing in lots of different businesses. > He bought a Chevy Volt for his employees to use as a company car. One > weekend the dentist had to have some work done on his Bentley so he decided > to drive the Volt for the weekend. I am not sure of the details, but he > did something to it where it sat all night either running or the lights on > and it ended up killing the batteries. Cost him $3500 to repair. > > Don Snook > > -----Original Message----- > From: Max Dillon [mailto:dillonm...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 2:47 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Germany may outlaw gas/diesel cars > > You forgot "evacuate from a hurricane, requiring hours and hours creeping > along in a traffic jam with AC blasting". No Tesla would make it. Many > cars need refueling during such an event. The demise of the internal > combustion engine has been predicted many times.... > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > > On October 11, 2016 2:47:52 PM EDT, G Mann via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >Tell you what... try this, now, or in 20 years... come to Arizona and > >drive from Flagstaff to Tucson in your electric car, or.... continue on > >South to Mexico and tour Mexico with your electric car. > > > >Take a vacation with your family, full luggage, the dog, and drive from > >your Eastern "safe zone" to California, using your electric car. > > > >This is America, it's big, people drive hundreds of miles per week, > >always in a rush. They don't have time or patience to "plug in and > >wait" nor do they have a place to do that. > > > >Utopia and Unicorns... Sorry to rain on your parade. Oil became king > >because it was and is easily available. A viable replacement has not > >been invented or brought to market now or in the foreseeable future. > >It's being thought about, worked on, but it's not here any time soon. > >BS legislation won't make it happen any faster. > > > >I respect that your personal view may be different.. > > > >On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 11:37 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes < > >mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> (From a Solar List) > >> > >> > Germany calling for ban on all gas/diesel cars by 2030: > >> > >> > http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1106594_german-upper- > >> house-asks-eu-to-ban-all-gas-diesel-cars-by-2030 > >> > >> > And if that catches on, it will be an avalanche of abandonment of > >gas > >> > cars. Faster than even 2030, because no one will want to buy a > >dead end > >> > vehicle as the deadline approaches. > >> > > >> > We are at the precipice of the end of gas cars. People need to > >realize > >> > that the EV and Plug-in Hybrid is here to stay. And they are > >better, > >> > faster, cleaner, cheaper to buy, cheaper to operate and cheaper to > >> maintain > >> > than gas cars. Its just the public is not aware of that yet. > >> > >> --- > >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > >_______________________________________ > >http://www.okiebenz.com > > > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
