JohnWingWing (October 5, 2008 at 7:57 am)

1.21 jigawatts!

wjcurrie (October 5, 2008 at 12:38 am)

I thought that after you drive 40 miles on electric, the gas powered generator kicks on, recharging the batteries, giving you an additional 360 miles in range.

Zephippz (October 3, 2008 at 6:58 pm)

As for you, soccerplayer. I see virtually zero facts past the second sentence. As for Tesla, absolutely true. But why? Maybe we have the technology. Why are we not driving Teslas and why are we not using the technology that is here? The pricetag of the Tesla Roadster says it all. GM scrapped the EV1 car to protect company secrets utilized in it, as well as it being completely unprofitable to sell at the time. No conspiracy, sorry. Sorry, but it seems YOU are misinformed.

Zephippz (October 3, 2008 at 6:52 pm)

Hmm... I wasn't disagreeing about the usefulness of EV mode. But multiple cars aren't possible for many of us, and you need to account for emergencies requiring more range (IE little bobbie is in the hospital.) Gas won't go down to a reasonable level in the near future, as when demand drops, more people will drive on more gasoline. It will take quite a while to switch to EV hybrid as a start, that is certain. Many will stick with gas, especially if it gets cheaper.

vdiesel75 (October 3, 2008 at 8:44 am)

Is any one else a bit pissed that Chevy promoted the upcoming Camaro as the Volt all summer, and now says that the shape has now changed due to wind tunnel tests so now we have this piece of crap Volt?

rtsoccerplayer (October 1, 2008 at 11:14 pm)

your pretty miss informed. the tesla roadster gets over 200 miles on a charge and performs better than a corvette. plus how often do people go on roadtrips? the majority of people don't go on roadtrips. plus, gm already launched an electric car back in the 90's but scrapped it. plus, electric cars actualy existed before gasoline cars. we are going backwards in technology, instead of forwards, we need an electric car. the technology is here, but we're not using it.

maxeemcom (October 1, 2008 at 4:32 pm)

America is a unique case - really absurd distances between things, even within a single city. Whatever the reason for that (bad zoning? car culture?) I definitely think a gas back-up is a good idea!

maxeemcom (October 1, 2008 at 4:30 pm)

i do agree. i wonder if that's on purpose?

GtsSnowman (October 1, 2008 at 1:20 am)

im not gunna lie. some might disagree. this car is HELLA UGLY.

jvmalum (October 1, 2008 at 12:58 am)

Kind of hard to say it all in 500 character count but, yes we aren't ready to completely ditch the gas cars. but come on we should all be driving electric to work and back. that has long been a reality with the EV !. We will all still have 2 or 3 gas jobs to take our long trips in. and with the new found lack of need for foreign oil, gas will be cheaper, just have to expand your thinking beyond the nightly news, and the GM paid for media. The old EV did better than this hog.