Treehugger article on Tessla and other ev discussions

[Farmedb]

Interesting article, great couple of responses.
http://www.treehugger.com/cars/tesla...fficiency.html

[Steverino]

The premise is that EPA numbers for electric miles are correct and manufacturers claims are higher than what most will get. I don't think that's the case with the Volt as many are getting better than EPA numbers

[Zythryn]

The new cycle 5 test is pretty rough. Most people don't have much trouble matching or beating it.
The only time I don't beat it in our Volt is in the dead of winter. Spring, summer and fall we beat it pretty handily.

However, I do appreciate having a very conservative number on the EPA sticker. Far better than having people being 'surprised' that they can't get the range on the sticker.

[Raymondjram]

GM should take advantage of the fact that Volt owners beat the EPA ratings in real-life driving, and post that in some of the ads.

One of the comments mentions that the new car buyer needs to know the actual cost to drive. Since EVs never use gas, the EPA MPGe rating is useless. The miles per 100 KWH or KWHs per mile is useful, since the buyer pays their utility per KWH, and that cost is what they need to know.

[sinnombre]

It's a whole different ball game with electric cars . I get around 4 miles per kWh and each kWh cost me 10 cents . 2.5 cents per mile is much better than 18 cents in my previous car .