[Jeff Gordon]

Automakers worry about the extra battery weight and extra cost from the super-size batteries and express doubts that owners would bother to charge the vehicles every night.

I had a leased EV1. Remembering to recharge it was never a problem. You come home. You plug in.

My charger had a timer on it so that it would start charging after midnight when the electric rates are about 1/10 of the day rate.

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

I wish the EV1 could have made it in the car market. It was an exciting car. GM should build on the lessons learned from the EV1, and develop a flex-fueled or diesel plug-in hybrid. A car like this just might give GM new life, and save them from Bankruptcy.