Johannes: Hopefully it will blow things up and completely change the landscape

Yeah man. Bring it on!

What I like with the volt is that finally something interesting is happening in the car business. Hopefully it will blow things up and completely change the landscape

stuart22: With regard to solar: I’d propose we cover our interstate highways with solar panels elevated above them in long strings.

GREAT IDEA!! +1

LRGVProVolt:
I don’t know how they will get the revenue to maintain roads when the electric vehicles ultimately replace the ICE but anything will be better than foolishly spending all that money on foreign oil. Perhaps, we will see more toil roads.  

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Maybe a road maintenance tax fee will be attached to our monthly electric bills someday. EV’s will have a special plug that, when plugged in for recharging, communicates with the electric utility to allow them to separate the vehicle recharging power draw from a customer’s domestic power draw. The split bill would allow the utility to tax the customer’s power usage associated with recharging vehicles.

With regard to solar: I’d propose we cover our interstate highways with solar panels elevated above them in long strings. Aside from providing shade for the traffic below, the landscape would not be spoiled and power transmission lines would be significantly shorter. Panel maintenance would be given to a special maintenance division attached to the highway maintenance department. Simple and easy and relatively cheap.

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Jaime: This article is a little over dramatic.Changing the type of fuel we use for some of our cars isn’t a huge transformational shift.We are still all using cars.Shifting to a completely new form of transportation would be a huge transformation.But I don’t see that happening anytime soon.  

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It will begin happening in the next five years as you see the price of petroleum go sky high and people begin to see the advantages of the EV over ICE vehicles. The world is such a mess with all the wars and conflicts going on around the world. Competition for petroleum has already begun: China is investing heavily to lock up sufficient supplies for its population and economy. The next major petroleum price spike will remind you of how the price of everything went up making life difficult for many. When it happens, all will be thankful that this country has an automotive manufacturer with the answer to the dilemna. Thank you GM!

Happy trails to you ’til we meet again.