[libertarian27]

Excellent, this story is getting some juice.

Yesterday’s thread on the autoblog article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2683415/posts

[Liberty1970]

CAUTION: GM has not ramped up production on the Volt yet, so these numbers are meaningless. I talked to a product engineer supplying Volt parts this morning and he said they were running like 100/week, which is in line with these numbers.

Hate to say it (I am no fan of the Dolt), but they are talking about doubling annual volumes from their original plan. They would not be planning that way without some good indication that it willl be a success. And that was before the oil price surge.

[Monitor]

Get numbers from here: Nissan Leaf Range

Plug your address, plus HALF the range number (you have to get back home, doncha?) here: How far can I travel

You'll see how pitifully short the range turns out to be.

As cool as it would be (I'm an engineer, not a tree hugger) to have the first all-electric car on the block, my neighbors would be laughing their arses off at me as I pushed the damned thing home.