Jay Leno gets his hands on a Chevy Volt, great video.

[punch]

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Check this out. Jay gets a new Volt in his garage and gives everyone a ton of info about it and a nice little tour. This does look like a pretty sweet car.

Even looks

[OffShore]

I do like the car. Funny how there are ford ads in the beginning and end of the program

[The Russinator]

I live less then 10 miles from work. I wonder in a normal year how much gas would I need to use.

[Spotless]

I cant really get excited about an electric car but it is cool to see the US on the right path.

[lasered]

His thing about the stick holding up the hood was a good point.

[The Russinator]

His thing about the stick holding up the hood was a good point.

The guy was like it is a light weight stick... then he STFU because Jay ignored him

[gixxer]

Cool car.

[Gusto]

I live less then 10 miles from work. I wonder in a normal year how much gas would I need to use.

If you charged it when u got home I think 0!!!!

[The Russinator]

If you charged it when u got home I think 0!!!!

No kidding and the few times I would need to go farther could maybe be reduced with some planning.

[Turbo302]

I live less then 10 miles from work. I wonder in a normal year how much gas would I need to use.

Gas use would be nil. Electric bill would go up considerably. Like my economics professor use to always say, "There is no such thing as a free lunch".

I'm not convinced that electric is the way to go. We will just end up burning more coal to generate electricity. If the power was nuclear, then it would be a viable option, but it doesnt seem like any new plants are popping up in the near future.

I'm all for improved technology in internal combustion engines both diesel and gasoline (direct injection, electronic valvetrain, etc..). We also need to get vehicle weight down as they all have an obesity problem.

[Paul Revere]

I enjoyed the video and the Ford commercials before and after

[OffShore]

Gas use would be nil. Electric bill would go up considerably. Like my economics professor use to always say, "There is no such thing as a free lunch".

I'm not convinced that electric is the way to go. We will just end up burning more coal to generate electricity. If the power was nuclear, then it would be a viable option, but it doesnt seem like any new plants are popping up in the near future.

I'm all for improved technology in internal combustion engines both diesel and gasoline (direct injection, electronic valvetrain, etc..). We also need to get vehicle weight down as they all have an obesity problem.

it would cost you no more than prob 80 bucks a month from a 110 power if the thing was plugged in and charging 24hrs a day 7 days a week

[SAMSONite]

Funny how there are ford ads in the beginning and end of the program

Money well spent.

[Turbo302]

it would cost you no more than prob 80 bucks a month from a 110 power if the thing was plugged in and charging 24hrs a day 7 days a week

That would really suck if it consumes that much just sitting plugged in idle with a charged battery. What would it consume if you were running it compairably (miles driven) to a gasoline engine?

If it used its maximum charge every day (40 miles) and had to do that every day of the month (30 days), you would have used 1200 miles worth of electricity.

If you had a common current Chevrolet Malibu which got 33mpg and traveled 1200 miles you would have consumed aprox 36 gallons of gasoline. If you paid 2.39/gal you would have spent $86.

If you up the ante and used a small diesel (like Jetta TDI) which gets in the 50+mpg range then traveling 1200 miles would only take 24 gallons of diesel fuel. Even at the higher cost of say $3/gal of diesel, you would have spent $72.

Both of these examples would get compairable if not better mile/dollar than the electric cars with current technology. With future technology gas/diesels will get better mileage than ever seen.

I am just a bit sceptical that this is the solution to all our problems with petrolium fuels. What will happen to our electric bills if everyone is demanding more electricity than they can supply? The electric companys will raise prices to keep the demand in check with supply. Then there goes the cheap electricity.

[Xtort]

Gas use would be nil. Electric bill would go up considerably. Like my economics professor use to always say, "There is no such thing as a free lunch".

I'm not convinced that electric is the way to go. We will just end up burning more coal to generate electricity. If the power was nuclear, then it would be a viable option, but it doesnt seem like any new plants are popping up in the near future.

What's wrong with burning coal?
I do prefer nuclear power plants but they're a tad expensive to build and many people are irrationally afraid of them… But I suppose some people are irrationally afraid of coal too.

it would cost you no more than prob 80 bucks a month from a 110 power if the thing was plugged in and charging 24hrs a day 7 days a week

That's expensive seeing as your scenario costs 80 dollars a month without even driving it.