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lynnvinc
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Yes, and he explained that it only caught fire a week or so after the crash test as it stood dripping fluids from the battery for weeks in a warehouse. And he told us if we had a crash the OnStar people would immediately rush out and drain the battery so it couldn’t happen.
Here is a link I’ve found that exhonorates the Volt re this fire event weeks after a crash test: chevroletvoltage.com/index.php/volt-blog/18-volt/2583-nhtsa-closure-of-volt-investigation-.html
The final piece of evidence that the Volt is an extremely safe car – aside from it having one of the highest safety rating among all passenger cars – is that my insurance for it is only about $70 more per year than what is was for our 1998 Ford Taurus. Considering the Volt is much much more expensive to replay if it were to be totalled, than the Taurus, I’d say that is a pretty good stamp of approval re its safety.
BTW, just love it. We’ve put on about 200 miles, and haven’t used a drop of gasoline yet, tho in March we will need to drive beyond 40 miles, so will be using some gasoline then.
This is a really great car, and at last – after 40 years, when I first became concerned about peak oil and how we weren’t leaving enough for the future generations, then later became concerned about how ICE car pollutants were harming and killing people due to local, regional, and global enviro problems – I feel so much better about driving.
And I’m wondering why it is we need gunky, yucky, filthy bitumen from Canada to foul up our environment all the more. We just plain do not need it.
God gave us brains and hearts and grace abundant — that’s ALL we need to end this assault on life.