Please let me know what do you think about it?

GM finally gets into the Electric Hybrid/Fuel Cell market, and they build a $50K roadster. I have to drive 50 miles a day in the worst traffic in the Southeast US, much of it at 20 miles/hr. One of the Top 10 Fastest growing counties according to the U.S. Census, but Project Driveway won’t even consider me.

I can buy a brand new Ford Escape Hybrid for half as much as the Volt, save $50 a week in gas, have room for my family, groceries and other stuff. Another blunder by GM Marketing. Too little, too late.

This is not my Father’s GM.

Ford (36 mpg SUV)and Honda (Civic, 51 mpg) Hello.

Your math is pretty much right, it’s just your use of those numbers that is wrong. Unlike what those generators have to cope with, the Volt engine will be running at a constant RPM and a constant load. Those generators run at a constant RPM and variable load. Having to be able to adapt to variable loads (or variable RPM) lowers the efficiency of engines.

GM planned for 50mpg, lets look at the efficiency of this. 8kwh=40miles, then they play on getting 10kwh/gallon. 1 gallon of gas is about 36.4kwh. So we’re looking at 27.5% efficiency. This is not that hard to do. The main ‘problem’ (if you will) is getting the 5miles/kwh. Not the 10kwh/gallon.

I believe 196 Reims was talking tongue in cheek, in any case lets try to stick to topic.

Any thoughts on how we will recharge all those electric cars?

This kind of continuing diatribe is utterly useless. Don’t waste your key strokes. We are either part of the problem, or part of the solution. The choice is always ours to make.

Cordially, Tom