JayS:
You don’t have to change the delivery system. While the driver is sleeping the car can be plugged in at home charging. If the driver goes less than 40 miles a day, which is the vast majority of commuters, not a drop of gas is used. However, unlike a pure electric car like the Tesla the Volt is capable of going any distance using the existing gas station infrastructure using the tiny gas motor to charge the battery. That’s what makes the Volt a legitamate car and the Tesla nothing more than a toy.
You get the best part of an electric car, the cheap domestically produced power, for the majority of your driving with all the range of a traditional gasoline car.
This is why most automotive engineers and scientists view the plug in hybrid as one of the greatest potentials for curbing our need for oil. Far greater than the traditional hybrid, diesel or even fuel cell vehicle. It’s the reason this car really excites me and why GM is going full steam ahead on this project.
Ya, but what about the owners and ceo’s of the big oil companies?! they will lose a lot of money and their children will have to go to public schools, and instead of driving ferraris they will only be able to afford mercedes…