When the SHTF my old Ford LTD will take me about 300 miles. I have gasoline.
If I have to plug my car in to an outlet, I will have to negotiate the terms.
Think chess and think beyond one move.
Power outages happen.
I think there’s a general less than complete understanding out there - not just this forum - of what the “plug in hybrid” technology in the Volt represents.
This is not an electric car, which won’t run on gas. It’s not a “hybrid” like a Prius, which won’t run on electricity.
It’s both. If you have access to a plug - it will run on electricity (alone) up to a certain distance. If your daily round-trip is less than that distance you never actually require gasoline.
However it also has a gas tank, and switches to gas once the electricity runs out - after which it’s a gas car. It can be refueled at any gas station just like a regular car.
So in a SHTF scenario you can still use gas.
It’s truly a breakthrough technology, and it’s American.
Now. If we could just get GM wrested away from the government, and get the price down from $70K or whatever absurd level it’s at for the first models.
It’s a good concept. An excellent concept actually.
Ford needs to make a Focus with this tech. And an F-150 wouldn’t hurt.