Comments on: Jay Leno Believes Chevy Volt Sales Will Take Off

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:15:55 +0000

Jay is a nice guy, very smart and funny. I have friends that work on the Tonight Show and know Jay.
But like most Americans Jay lives the pop culture. What’s now is good. What’s priced right for the times is what we buy
And high gas prices are now and so electric cars – good.
But in 1997 Jay slammed the GM EV1 pretty hard.
He drove it and didn’t like it. Not a big V8.
He was the average American. Didn’t really care that it didn’t use gas.
Anyway, people change and will give up gas and oil.
Yeah market economy!
High gas prices, (necessity), is the Mother of invention, (Plug-In Electric Cars).
I just hope our government keeps up and doesn’t screw use.
Tell your Gov. Reps. what you want! Vote for the person that has a plan to make it happen ASAP. Don’t let politics as usual reward the wrong people for stifling progress.
Remember, If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
Jay might say:
Maybe if we include tickets to American Idol people will buy electric cars?

By: Kevin R

Kevin R — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:40:02 +0000

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/955111.html

Another comment from the article states what we’ve all been trying to get across to people. That driving thousands of electric cars will produce much less pollution than ICE driven vehicles even when taking into account the electrical demands from power plants.

“Based on prototypes like the XH-150 now being tested on California roads, plug-ins promise to put the fuel economy of today’s hybrids to shame.

Comparing dollars per mile, internal-combustion engines are not as efficient as electric motors. It costs around $1 for enough energy to drive the XH-150 40 miles on battery power. Since most drivers are on the road less than 40 miles most days, the potential savings are huge, especially with $4-a-gallon gas.

What’s more, a vehicle running on electricity has no smog-forming tailpipe emissions, and, even when pollution from electricity generation is taken into account, emits less greenhouse gases than a similarly sized vehicle burning fossil fuel.”

By: RB

RB — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:46:37 +0000

#39 George K — I agree with you. The inside has to be nice, and the instrumentation has to give interesting and useful feedback — that’s one of the things I love about the Toyotas. I don’t think doing so is particularly expensive — the designers just have to focus on it.

By: Tagamet

Tagamet — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:21:36 +0000

Keith @56
Well, I know it’s an EREV, so I guess you’re not totally alone. As to the last part of your post, I have no idea whether you are being sarcastic or just need to adjust your tinfoil hat.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:11:30 +0000

Am I the only one here that knows that the Volt is NOT an EV? It’s a hybrid. It has a “range-extender” engine so you can go more than 40 miles. 40 MILES!!!! Come on, this just shows you how GM is still KILLING THE ELECTRIC CAR!