[Oeva-list] Pure electric Chevy Volt

[Nick]

One could reasonably ask why GM didn't start with a "pure electric" EV and
then enhance it later with a "range extended" model!  I note they are now
acknowledging the Volt (likely to remain vaporware) will cost >$40K (it
started out at <$30K three years ago).  And with dismay I note Bob Lutz (who
thinks climate-change is a hoax - and doubts 'peak-oil') is still in charge
of this project.  

Regarding the target prices of the new EV offerings:  The fellow
"demonstrating" the static display of the Leaf last month stated the battery
lease cost [or prorated depreciation of the batteries], plus the cost of the
electricity, will approximately equal our current out of pocket cost for
gasoline.  That is, the savings to be enjoyed because of the electricity
costing a fifth to a fourth the cost of the gasoline to go a given distance,
will be sent straight to the manufacturer, missing my pocket altogether!  I
wish to discourage the manufacturers of any such calculus!  After the
economies of scale have had a chance to work, there is no reason in the
world why an EV should cost more than an ICE to manufacture.  Just count the
moving parts!  That the first effort at using batteries to store re-gen
energy in an automobile was the relatively complicated parallel-hybrid,
non-plug-in Prius, is testimony to the power and influence of the oil
companies.  An equivalent plug-in EV should cost far less than a Prius,
hell, less than a Yaris!  

   Nick Galaday                                    

     Vernonia, OR 

            Energy conservation--

                     saves more than energy!

 

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