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Originally Posted by jamesqf
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.
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"the target market cost per mile is not really the important number"
Whaa??? 
Money matters and Price SELLS! That's why China is killing America's economy right now. The COST PER MILE (AND THE CAR"S STICKER PRICE), in my personal humble opinion IS why The Prius is looking at production of 400,000 cars in model year 2010, NOT BECAUSE of it's exhaust. EPA 50MPG SELLS! I do not think anyone buys a Prius for it's UGLY looks. (no offense).
-But I sort of like the high-tech "moon-mobile" look!
