[MrEnergyCzar]

Here's my review of the 2012 Chevy Volt Plug-in. I've driven 1,300 miles my first month on 1 gallon so far....no range anxiety either.

http://youtu.be/jbjtKbWZ67w

MrEnergyCzar

[Bruce_S]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MrEnergyCzar', 'H')ere's my review of the 2012 Chevy Volt Plug-in. I've driven 1,300 miles my first month on 1 gallon so far....no range anxiety either.

http://youtu.be/jbjtKbWZ67w

MrEnergyCzar

[Keith_McClary]

For the same money you could buy a 4 passenger ICE and 250K miles worth of gas. That's your break-even point if you can run your volt entirely on free electricity.

The battery is warranted to retain 70% of it's original capacity for 100K miles. 70% capacity would mean a corresponding decrease in electric range. Optimists estimate they might be usable up to 150K.

But the Volt has much higher gagetosity and green cred, so enjoy!

[The Practician]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Keith_McClary', 'F')or the same money you could buy a 4 passenger ICE and 250K miles worth of gas. That's your break-even point if you can run your volt entirely on free electricity.

The battery is warranted to retain 70% of it's original capacity for 100K miles. 70% capacity would mean a corresponding decrease in electric range. Optimists estimate they might be usable up to 150K.

But the Volt has much higher gagetosity and green cred, so enjoy!

[Bruce_S]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Keith_McClary', 'F')or the same money you could buy a 4 passenger ICE and 250K miles worth of gas. That's your break-even point if you can run your volt entirely on free electricity.

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bruce_S', 'O')bviously you have assigned no value to being prepared for peak oil and the shortages, rationing and outright lack of fuel problems this presents. Note the title to the thread....peak oil rolls in, fuel deliveries are prioritized for heavy trucks and agriculture leaving the average commuter to walk, bicycle or ride the bus and the Volt owners will rule the roads! At which point your BAU ICE calculations go right out the window and Volt (and Leaf) owners will rule the roads.

[Bruce_S]

[quote="Keith_McClary"]These might also be hard to get:


Unlike the JIT delivery system for gasoline, I won't require one of those but perhaps every 100k miles? Call it 5-8 years? Beats needing to fill up every week with something everyone knows we don't have enough of already.

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bruce_S', 'U')nlike the JIT delivery system for gasoline, I won't require one of those but perhaps every 100k miles? Call it 5-8 years?

[Bruce_S]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Keith_McClary', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bruce_S', 'U')nlike the JIT delivery system for gasoline, I won't require one of those but perhaps every 100k miles? Call it 5-8 years?

[vtsnowedin]

If the price of fuel goes to $10/gallon electricity will also jump in cost soon after so having a car that runs on coal fired electricity will be of little if any advantage.
If you look to Europe where fuel is already very high due to tax policy you can see that the winning strategy is smaller very fuel efficient ICE cars,some getting better then 60mpg coupled with improved mass transit systems.

[Unconventional Ideas]

I was wondering if car-free living in the post peak oil world was also a viable option.

[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Unconventional Ideas', 'I') was wondering if car-free living in the post peak oil world was also a viable option.

[Bruce_S]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', '8')) If the price of fuel goes to $10/gallon electricity will also jump in cost soon after so having a car that runs on coal fired electricity will be of little if any advantage.

[Bruce_S]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Unconventional Ideas', 'I') was wondering if car-free living in the post peak oil world was also a viable option.

[DomusAlbion]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Unconventional Ideas', 'I') was wondering if car-free living in the post peak oil world was also a viable option.

[Bruce_S]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DomusAlbion', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Unconventional Ideas', 'I') was wondering if car-free living in the post peak oil world was also a viable option.

[Bruce_S]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bruce_S', '
')
Driven through Kansas recently?

[The Practician]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bruce_S', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DomusAlbion', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Unconventional Ideas', 'I') was wondering if car-free living in the post peak oil world was also a viable option.

[dolanbaker]

That was the first electric car!

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')h that William Morrison! Hybrid car enthusiasts should remember the name William Morrison. A native of Scotland, William Morrison built America’s first electric automobile in his secret basement lab in Des Moines in 1892. His 4 horsepower front-wheel-drive vehicle required 24 battery cells, had a top speed of 20 mph and needed recharging every 50 miles. It was the talk of 1893’s Chicago World’s Fair. Just four years later, another inventing Morrison – William J. Morrison – a Tennessee dentist and civic leader, patented an electric candy machine. The machine spun sugar into what was first called Fairy Floss. Today we know it as cotton candy. Remember those names this summer when you cruise over to the county fair in your hybrid.

Source: Juicedhybrid.com Blog (http://s.tt/12JKX)