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Originally Posted by theunchosen
When compared to the cost/mile of a diesel or a sipper gasser its not all that impressive.
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Except (as I have to keep pointing out :-() to the target market cost per mile is not really the important number. It's CO2 (or sometimes dollars not sent to jihadists) per mile. The same people who install their own solar panels, or pay a premium for "green" electricity, are going to be the ones buying the first Volts, just as they bought the first Priuses.
Now IF GM can use that first market to work out bugs and bring down the cost, then the technology will propagate to other platforms, just as hybrid tech is doing. I think it'd be a great match for a work pickup, for instance. Add a 120 V inverter, and have construction site power.