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Originally Posted by el ess X
Niether will cheap electricity. It's already been said by someone that lives in a famous house in D.C. that electricity costs necessarily must go up in price in the near future. So plug in stations may not be all that cheap in a few years themselves. SOMEONE always exploits money out of "cheap" fuels where they don't end up being cheap. Always. I get the feeling that "recycle" and replacement costs for the batteries will kill current technology cars.
The point is, whichever fuel that is used needs to be somewhat close to on par as what costs are now to be viable and sustainable. Sure, hydrogen/electric technology likely beats the pee out of fossil fuel, but it's not cost efficient yet to be a real contender.
I do agree they're on the right path, but to tout the Volt as some sort of breakthrough and "efficient" at this point is a bit of a stretch.
Until that time, the public isn't buying it, and I don't want to either.
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Generating units actually would be more efficient if there was a large fleet of vehicles charging overnight. Many units operate at a loss during non peak hours.