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Old 12-02-2009, 09:28 PM   #19 (permalink)
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NeilBlanchard -

I agree with you in principle, but I understand "range anxiety" :

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They explained that among the biggest lessons learned from the EV1 program were that range anxiety and lack of practicality would make a car like EV1 nearly impossible to sell in the mass market
From my POV, I just want to see this "different solution" to compete in the market with the Insight and the Prius dirvetrains.

From an MPG-for-my-money POV, I will compare the Volt to the Prius :

BASE Prius II retail = $22,400 MRSP
Volt (speculated) = $40,000
=> The Volt costs 78% more than a base Prius

From our POV, that would mean the Volt needs to deliver the comparable benefit in MPG :

Prius = 51/48 MPG
Volt = 91/85 MPG

Is this a lofty target based on the Volt tech? I don't know. Depends on distance/speed driven, right?

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