Would you consider purchasing a Chevy Volt when it becomes available in the 2011 model year?

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Scotty Doe

This is an all-electric car with a range of 40 miles-per-charge, and for longer trips, a small internal combustion engine recharges the batteries as you drive.

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Personally, I'm not sure I want to do business with GM ever again. The way they treated the people that were willing to put up with GM's B.S. just leasing the EV1. Then how they were treated when GM decided to terminate the "experiment" leaves a bad taste in my mouth. And then, to add insult to injury, billing the leasees hundreds of dollars for every ding and scratch in the paint on a car whos next stop is a car crusher. How do I know they wont come and take the car back after 3 years?

Compared to the EV1 the Volt is a not so great electric car. The 1999 EV1 got 140 miles per charge while the 2011 Volt only gets 40, what's up with that poor number? If you can design a car that got 140 miles why bother building one that gets only 40? The Volt is the electric car that the oil companies want. It has low range and has a gasoline engine, which means GM's good buddy Chevron still makes money.

There are going to be better performing cars on the market in 2011 like the Tesla Model S and the Miles XS500. Not to mention if ZENN gets its EESTOR powered 200 mile electric car working as promised.

When will a major car maker sell a lithium battery plug-in car in the USA?

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When will a major car manufacturer sell a lithium-battery based, reasonable range on a charge, pluggable 4-seat car in the USA, at a price comparable to a solely gas-powered 4-seat sedan? I recently went to Florence, and was "green" with envy seeing all the electric cars plugged into the parking meters. Why should they get all the fun?

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I think they will probably go on sale in the US in 2010 or 2011. Lithium batteries are hideously expensive at the moment. I got some quotes on a lithium battery pack for my electric Tracker earlier this year, and the best price I could find was $20,000! That was a bit much for batteries.
I am hoping that EEStor is able to bring their battery solution to market soon. They intend to make and sell a 400-lb battery with about 50 kilowatt-hours of capacity for less than $4000. By contrast, I am using Deka gel-cell batteries, and they weigh 1100 pounds and only have about 20 kilowatt-hours of capacity, and cost $3100. (They were a poor choice, it turned out.)

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