What are you talking about? You're not supposed to think ahead and take care of yourself!
The government will be there to take care of you in any emergency. Sit back and relax....you're in good hands.....
I don't have a problem if people want an electric vehicle and pay the real price for them and for the electricity. I do have a problem when the government decides to subsidize electric vehicles at the expense of other types of cars. Also, I am concerned that electricity isn't easily storable, so you can't keep a couple of fill-ups of fuel in your garage for an emergency like I do with gasoline.
What are you talking about? You're not supposed to think ahead and take care of yourself!
The government will be there to take care of you in any emergency. Sit back and relax....you're in good hands.....
The Chevy Microvolt is said to have a small gas engine that can be used to charge the batteries, or run the car once you’re past the 40 mile electric-only range (the gas engine only drives a generator). So, yes, in that case, you could still store emergency fillups in your garage.
It remains to be seen what performance/operational penalties you will endure in the gas-electric mode. Electric-only 0-60 acceleration is said to be about 8.5 seconds. With a full charge, and full tank, range is said to be about 300 miles. Adequate, but not great.
Based on what they did with hybrids, the tax credit will be phased out once a certain number of cars are sold. But, as we all know, federal tax policy can be unpredictable.