http://www.lionev.com/LionEV_PHEV.html

Somebody at GM needs to get REALLY SERIOUS about advanced battery technology (e.g. lithium ion, sugar batteries, etc.). We’re tired of the same old combustion engine crap. Ditch the combustion engines or I’ll design my own PHEV from scratch.

Before long we wont be telling our kids about the days before microwave ovens an such but instead will be talking about the time when all cars weren’t electric and ran instead on gasoline.

Wise says: Agreed, totally. In fact, I would go as far as saying that any car that got even 2 miles on electrical charge would be a most significant advance in automotive technology. If the average car got 20 miles to the gallon, and recieved the benefit of two electric miles and was driven 10 miles each day, then it could be said that that car’s milage improved by 20%. If the person driving that car 10 miles had the ability to recharge at work after having driven 5 miles, then that person would recieve a benefit of about 40%. Under many conditions, driving 1 mile to the store and back home, that driver would move without using gasoline. It’s all good and GM deserves credit.

The VUE is also a really handsome design…
http://www.motortrend.com/auto_shows/coverage/detroit/112_2008_detroit_auto_show_p1/photo_150.html

(Don’t know why these last few words dropped off my prior post prior post #25)

“Wise reply: No, in fact, GM research indicates that as many as 30% of Americans do not drive more than 10 miles on an “average” day. That is to say home to work and back. The average American may well drive 29 miles per day, but that’s not what I said. I said, “many” Americans drive less than 10 miles per day.”

This is INDEED a “wise reply” (sorry for the pun) and it’s CORRECT!!! In fact, I’m one of those millions who drive

Before long we wont be telling our kids about the days before microwave ovens an such but instead will be talking about the time when all cars weren’t electric and ran instead on gasoline.

Thats a bunch of baloney.
True research indicates the average American drives 29 miles per day.

Wise reply: No, in fact, GM research indicates that as many as 30% of Americans do not drive more than 10 miles on an “average” day. That is to say home to work and back. The average American may well drive 29 miles per day, but that’s not what I said. I said, “many” Americans drive less than 10 miles per day.