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I was wondering if they were going to offer a smores version? So that when it caught fire the occupants could make smores while the car burned to the ground. That would be a great Cadillac option I would think.
After a year that can only be described as “stupid,” the Chevy Volt is gearing up to make 2013 even stupider still.
I know, I know.
You find it hard to believe that a mostly-owned subsidiary of the United States government and the Obama administration- like GM is- could get any stupider than say Fannie Mae, or Federal Reserve Bank.
Yes, that’s tough competition, but in the “idiocy” category GM seems to be the ruling champion.
Not only have they lost substantial amounts of taxpayer dollars, they have managed to do it while generating record profits...
For the record, there are more than 150, 000 fires in gasoline powered vehicles yearly in the USA.
I needed to call the fire dept., while comfortably seated in my Volt, because a gasoline powered car caught fire in front of me while driving down the road.
The bottom line is that all cars carry around a lot of energy in them and are fire risks.
Really, the Volt-on-fire thing is so ridiculously overplayed. Cars store energy on board for their propulsion. Electrical propulsion, it turns out, is hardly more dangerous than keeping fifteen gallons of explosive gasoline in a tank.
If you're concerned about safety, know you that the Volt is the only car in its class with a five star crash rating? The ONLY one.