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The problem I have - and I presume many have - is not anything you posted but is the cost of battery replacement [and the fact that it is ignored in sales pitches] and the cost of electricity compared to gas.

To get most people to even consider it, a reasonably clear explanation of the battery thing has to be up front. Second, a reasonably clear explanation of cost of electricity... we all know the cost of gas in our area - we just need to be able to compare.

Thanks anyway.

To get most people to even consider it, a reasonably clear explanation of the battery thing has to be up front.

On average the cost of driving from electricity is about 1/4 of that for gasoline. I don't know how to make it more clear. If the price of gas goes up relative to the price of electricity, then the price could be 1/5th the cost of gasoline or something of the sort. If the price of electricity goes up relative to gasoline the price could be something like 1/3 that of gasoline. As you know gas prices fluctuate quite a bit. But rest assured that the price of gasoline WILL GO UP and will go up sharply in the future. So a lot of the people who bought low mileage vehicles will be very alarmed at $5-6/gal gasoline and that's not far off. The $3/gal prices we pay today will seem to be a bargain. Now let's hope we build the necessary nuclear power plants so we can charge up our batteries.

I'm not sure about battery replacement costs. It's hard to say because you are talking about cost a few years off. It won't be cheap I can assure you of that. Go to GM-Volt. com and you will get some guesstimates.