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Deltona Couple · 12-31-2008, 12:28 PM

I COMPLETELY idsagree with you on your statment of "we'll ignore the inconvenient fact that charging the Volt requires the coal plant to produce the electricity for it, and therefore causes the emissions directly related to the car to be about on-parity with conventional cars - - at least we aren't wasting gas with it." You can't be further than the truth. The cost of the electricity for charging it will come nowhere NEAR the output of a conventional car. I have done the research on this. the plants yes will be used to charge the system, but the carbon fooprint will be MUCH lower than a conventional car puts out.

As far as the statement you had made, I guess I wrongfully assumed since it was in reference to my statement, that you were also including the longevity requirements that were demanded by the government.

As far as why the high mileage vehicles you say are being made today in Europe are not being sold here in the US, the only thing that I can think of is from what I have HEARD, is that those vehicles do not have the emission control requirements that we have here in place in the US.

As far as the "Megacorporation" that is being federally backed, the original backing was made by our government years ago, and the government STILL has money available to those who ask for it, once they show that they have something viable for mass production, and unit costs. Why does Tesla not ask for it? I don't know, for I don't work for them.

Now I am not saying that todays hybrids are "mega efficient" but when you take a truck that gets about 12-13 MPG average, convert it to a hybrid that is now capable of 26 to 28 MPG average, then personally I think it is a great step considering it was a 100% increase in MPG....now lets get this same technology into the other vehicles that get 30+ and if we can get 100% increase on them, them this will be even better. No we don't have the most perfect system, and no not every company did the exact best thing. But I still believe that we are heading atleast NOW in the right general direction. I almost get the impression that you MIGHT be thinking that we should just scrap the whole company?...lol

12-31-2008, 12:28 PM	#33 (permalink)
Deltona Couple Addict Location: Spring, Texas	I COMPLETELY idsagree with you on your statment of "we'll ignore the inconvenient fact that charging the Volt requires the coal plant to produce the electricity for it, and therefore causes the emissions directly related to the car to be about on-parity with conventional cars - - at least we aren't wasting gas with it." You can't be further than the truth. The cost of the electricity for charging it will come nowhere NEAR the output of a conventional car. I have done the research on this. the plants yes will be used to charge the system, but the carbon fooprint will be MUCH lower than a conventional car puts out. As far as the statement you had made, I guess I wrongfully assumed since it was in reference to my statement, that you were also including the longevity requirements that were demanded by the government. As far as why the high mileage vehicles you say are being made today in Europe are not being sold here in the US, the only thing that I can think of is from what I have HEARD, is that those vehicles do not have the emission control requirements that we have here in place in the US. As far as the "Megacorporation" that is being federally backed, the original backing was made by our government years ago, and the government STILL has money available to those who ask for it, once they show that they have something viable for mass production, and unit costs. Why does Tesla not ask for it? I don't know, for I don't work for them. Now I am not saying that todays hybrids are "mega efficient" but when you take a truck that gets about 12-13 MPG average, convert it to a hybrid that is now capable of 26 to 28 MPG average, then personally I think it is a great step considering it was a 100% increase in MPG....now lets get this same technology into the other vehicles that get 30+ and if we can get 100% increase on them, them this will be even better. No we don't have the most perfect system, and no not every company did the exact best thing. But I still believe that we are heading atleast NOW in the right general direction. I almost get the impression that you MIGHT be thinking that we should just scrap the whole company?...lol __________________ "It is not that I have failed, but that I have found 10,000 ways that it DOESN'T work!" --Thomas Edison