Comments on: Toyota Thinks People Might Not Want Plug-in Electric Vehicles Like the Chevy Volt

By: AMillionBucks

AMillionBucks — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:24:30 +0000

When the Prius came to the US there were special ad campaigns made specifically to indicate that you didn’t have to plug it in! My how far we have come!

By: Leo

Leo — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:05:21 +0000

I honestly would not buy a car that plugs in period. For one a total electric car with no fuel, what happens when you need more fuel on a long trip? Where you gonna plug it in at? Besides that people will have to add an electrical outlet to wherever they park there car, which is NOT always in a garage. On top of that electricity is another EXPENSIVE bill just like gas. Why would I want to trade one evil for another? I say solar power, if we lose the sun, we’re all dead anyways. Or that the mini cooper hybrid (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/08/the_hybrid_mini.php) they have out on the net sounds like a promising technology. I would be more likely to buy it than something that just raises another expensive bill.

By: jdb

jdb — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:46:12 +0000

Maybe Toyota has same problem GM had a few years ago. I bought a Prius (2004) because I was tired of waiting for US automakers to mass produce electric or hybred. I’d sell or trade-in my Prius in a heartbeat for a VOLT! GM just produce them and they will sell.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:43:02 +0000

As a Canadian citizen, we have to plug in our cars during the winter anyways, so having to plug in our cars all the time wouldn’t be a big stretch for us.

By: Scratch

Scratch — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:59:06 +0000

Since the development of Lithium-Ion batteries, and in-wheel motors, options like the Tesla or the Zap-X might be too expensive, but that doesn’t mean no one will want one. I want a Corvette too, but I don’t have one because I can’t afford it. Chevrolet has been selling 10′s of thousands of Corvettes for the past 40 years. These new electric cars will become more “wanted”, because they outperform combustion vehicles.