Thanks to Uncle Sugar there might be a General Motors Company around to produce the Chevy Volt. The innovative electric vehicle won an award from a green auto magazine at the Washington, DC Auto Show last week. The photo (courtesy GM) shows a pre-production model. The car is designed to travel 40 miles on one lithium battery charge with zero emissions. Eighty percent of commuter trips in the US are forty miles or less. The car can achieve over 100 mpg on extended trips using a motorcycle-sized combustion engine to recharge its electric motive system. The design beat plug-in hybrids, hydrogen cell fuel cars, and other battery electric cars in the show competition. When finally offered to the public its price will probably exceed $40,000 retail. Not exactly a price point for the Everyman, but perhaps with government subsidies the car will become more affordable. The administration's Recovery and Reinvestment Act now being debated in Congress is intended to foster green mobility technologies such as the Volt.
Monday, February 09, 2009
Chevy Volt Wins Award
Thanks to Uncle Sugar there might be a General Motors Company around to produce the Chevy Volt. The innovative electric vehicle won an award from a green auto magazine at the Washington, DC Auto Show last week. The photo (courtesy GM) shows a pre-production model. The car is designed to travel 40 miles on one lithium battery charge with zero emissions. Eighty percent of commuter trips in the US are forty miles or less. The car can achieve over 100 mpg on extended trips using a motorcycle-sized combustion engine to recharge its electric motive system. The design beat plug-in hybrids, hydrogen cell fuel cars, and other battery electric cars in the show competition. When finally offered to the public its price will probably exceed $40,000 retail. Not exactly a price point for the Everyman, but perhaps with government subsidies the car will become more affordable. The administration's Recovery and Reinvestment Act now being debated in Congress is intended to foster green mobility technologies such as the Volt.