I guess it will be sold like a rebuilt starter or water pump --- On Thu, 7/15/10, Stephen Russell <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Stephen Russell <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OT] Chevy Volt battery to be guaranteed for 8 years. > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 12:05 PM > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 5:44 PM, > Michael Madigan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The resale value of this car will drop like a lead > balloon. How can you resell a Chevy Volt after 4 years > when the buyer knows he's going to have to buy a $10,000 > battery in 4 years? > > > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100714/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_volt_warranty_7 > ------------------- > > Costs should drop as GM sells more Volts, and should be > substantially > lower after eight years, Stephens said. He said used > batteries can be > shipped to GM to be rebuilt to extend their lives. > Customers also > would have the option of disposing of them, he said. > > > I bid a job for a company that maintains batteries for fork > lifts > about 4 years ago. They had old dos hardware and > their system > wouldn't work when based on a new server. > > Anyway they recycled batteries and that is what will be > done with > these new cars as well. You will not have to replace > one in a car for > 10,000. You can do the same for your laptop > battery as well. If > you were to crack it open you would see a bunch of smaller > batteries > bound together. > > > -- > Stephen Russell > > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > CIMSgts > > 901.246-0159 cell > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
