Comments on: CEO of Compact Power on the Current Status of Chevy Volt Battery Pack Development and Thermal Management

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By: Kevin Masters

Kevin Masters — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:24:41 +0000

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By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:14:00 +0000

Martin Eberhard, co-founder and former CEO of Tesla Motors, calculates that his car costs 3.6 cents/mile in electricity. He talks about the many variables to that kind of calculation on his blog.

http://teslafounders.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/ev-juice/

Considering that the Tesla Roadster is a pretty powerful car, I’d guess the Volt’s electric cost will be half that, if not better, especially if you live in a state with cheap electricity.

By comparison, I figure that my Honda Fit costs about 13 cents/mile for fuel.

By: Shawn Marshall

Shawn Marshall — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:13:23 +0000

#92 Dave

Get your electric bill. Divide your total cost by your kW-hr usage( avg home around 1000 kW-hr). Now you have your cost per kW-hr around 10 cents maybe. The Volt uses something like 8 kW-hr to travel 40 miles. That’s less than about $1 to go 40 miles.
Then you get into the extended range and Chevy likes to talk about 50mpg more or less.
The big feature of the Volt is 40 miles gas free – and extended range capability for when you need it.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:31:58 +0000

Since electricity isn’t free, any idea how economical this car will be to drive ?

Are there any estimates on how the electricity costs for this car compare to gas costs for a comparable car ?

Just wondering, I assume that there must be a true economical advantage here or GM wouldn’t be doing it, but how would driving costs compare to a 35MPG gas sedan ?

Just a very obvious thing that I would need to know before having any interest in this car at all.