I saw the piece and it was quite obvious Eric Bolling is highly biased against the Volt because he believes the government had a hand in developing it. What he doesn't know is that the Volt was in development long before the government bailout.

Bolling never said he paid $1.16 Per kwh, but that a full charge cost him around $1.50. However, the actual New York city area rate is 0.191 per kwh as of October 2011, so a full charge costs about $3.06. Given Bolling's bias I wouldn't be surprised if he drove around with his foot on the brake to decrease the electric range so that he could embellish his on-air rant.

Originally Posted by toltecgriz
Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the Battery. So, the range including the 9 gallon gas tank and the 16 kwh Batery is approximately 270 miles. It will take you 4 1/2 hours to Drive 270 miles at 60 mph. Then add 10 hours to charge the battery and You have a total trip time of 14.5 hours. In a typical road trip your Average speed (including charging time) would be 20 mph.


This is nonsense. The Volt runs on gas once the battery is discharged. Once it runs low on gas you pull into a gas station and fill it just as you would any other car. There's no need to charge the battery if you want to just burn gas. Thus, it takes no more time to drive somewhere in the Volt than it does in any other car, assuming you're obeying the speed limit.

If you want to read an honest review check out this one by Edmonds.

You'll see that the average commuter can do each day's driving using only electricity (assuming they don't drive with their foot on the brake). With an extended range electric car like the Volt you can drive without using gas most of the time, but if you want to go on a tip you can use gas just like an ordinary car.