GM Working on Feasible Electric Car

WindBourne writes "While Ford wants to simply offer cosmetic changes to automobiles interiors and exteriors, General Motors has finally gotten the message about electric autos. They are about to introduce the Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid which gets 40 Miles on a charge, but has a generator that can keep the auto going up to 640 miles range. From a styling POV, it is not a tesla, but it is also not a focus or a pinto. From the Rocky article: 'GM did not release cost estimates but said they recognize the Volt's price will have to be competitive. Company Vice Chairman Robert Lutz said in a statement that more than half of Americans live less than 20 miles from their workplace and could go to work and back on a single charge.'"

Comments

Dammit

[KrunZ]

I read the headline as "GM Working on Feasible Eclectic Car"

Re:jesus

[WilliamSChips]

Well, duh. Everybody who's seen Dogma knows that.

Re:Nothing quite like a million cars recharging...

[Kreigaffe]

Awesome, so you're saying that my own personal vehicle will start behaving more like public transportation?

Count me out. What I like about having a car is the fact that I can, at any time, with no warning, grab my keys and go somewhere. If I have to worry about having plugged my car in BUT IT NOT HAVING BEEN CHARGING DURING THAT TIME, well, that just.. sucks.

Also, having such a limited range means that for those that drive NEARLY the limit round-trip to work, there's no extra charge left if they, say, have to swing by the store on the way home, or leave early on account of children, or even drive out and go somewhere for lunch.
That, coupled with the excessive amount of time it takes to charge?

3 hours to 'fuel up' for 40 miles, or I can pump 16 gallons of gas into my car in maybe 10 minutes and that'll take me 500 miles.