I know what you mean. Back when I bought, the dealer gave me a token $500 off of MSRP and there was no 0% financing or dealer rebates. These days folks are getting an amazing deal on great cars. :)

Careful. GM's videos use 30 mph and 70 mph as examples, and far too many media folks assumed that the "70 mph" behavior only happened at 70 mph and above - there's a lot of misinformation like that...

The A/C just speeds the process up. If you leave it sitting unplugged and on without HVAC for a day or two, the "idle" processes - computer, stereo, power electronics - will drain the whole battery,...

Regen isn't perfect - each stop and go in stop and go traffic eats some battery (not nearly as much energy as anyone else in the traffic jam is losing, but still some.

As you say, the A/C eats...

That is pretty good - and I hadn't seen it before. In fact, I think it might belong in the FAQ thread.

The video has a lot in common with the GM powertrain deep dive videos from the year before -...

Actually, the battery in my Eos died. It was five years old, and VWs have a reputation for batteries dying about then in their forums, so I'm not sure it was directly caused by the inactivity, but...

More likely a Buick branded Electra - unless they decide the Buick and/or the Electra nameplate should go on the CUV version, which also wouldn't surprise me. Buick's been making inroads into that...

In theory you can do it. The tax credit is for the purchase of any EV, and you can take credit for every EV you buy, in the same year or multiple years.

In practice, you won't gain much from it. ...

I see a lot of promise in the Ford offerings. They have clever, informative displays, and lots of interesting tech options/features (Eco cruise, which appears to be basically a DWL hypermiling...

Regen does change above the top of the normal charge window. Asking 50 mile range people won't help, though - they have no more charge in the the battery than anyone else, they just drive more...

Mine doesn't do that - it always comes up as one or the other, and won't shift until it has had a few seconds of the other lighting conditions.

One other, so far - 2011 production ended somewhere in the 4k range, but there will be a 2012 car CU109060 somewhere.

If the two screens go dim together, the most likely cause is the car deciding it's too dark out. Even if you manually select the headlights on or off, the automatic headlights switch will cycle the...

I don't know if I would have chosen it if I was ordering from a bunch of choices, but when my dealer showed it to me, I was struck by the duality of the white diamond (especially with the 2011/12...

It's the 9,060 Volt/Ampera VIN assigned for 2013.

The D is 2013, and the VINs do reset each year, but Amperas and Volts are combined, and VINs aren't necessarily in the exact build order. We...

Don't forget the federal income tax rebate. It seriously skews first year depreciation on these cars - amounting to more than half of your calculated 14k loss.

No, it doesn't. That's big oil's latest defense against the electric cars that might dent their monopoly, and they've been selling it heavily through the main stream media the last year or two.
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In fairness to VW, it wasn't really for 10 horsepower - it was for emissions; the 99-03 rotary injected engines wouldn't meet the 2004 mandates - and even they were made slightly less efficient for...

I guess it's all about you and what's important to you. If you mean that as 'will the Volt still save me gas/gas money?' then the answer is yes - a Prius starts to be come cost competitive in the 80...

I think the shifting constantly part is a bit of an overstatement - if you aren't using the engine, there are only two clutches involved, one holding the ring gear to the case and one holding the...