I think it’s a really good starting point for a struggling company. Toyota, and to a lesser extent, Honda, have discovered the benefits of marketing hybrid vehicles. The only problem I can immediately foresee is that it looks like a “normal” car; the Prius outsells the competition mostly because you can tell it apart from every other car on the road at a glance.
The good news is that an all-electric car that people
want is already here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster
A hefty price tag for a toy, to be sure, but automobiles began merely as playthings for the rich.
Forget everything about climate change for a minute (Argh believes that it is quite real, that the Earth’s climate is always changing, and that humans have always impacted it, but not to the extent Fmr. Vice President Gore thinks
), and think of the benefits of an all electric roadway. Smog and ozone are serious problems, especially for people with respiratory ailments. Acid rain is another blight on urban populations.
The Volt isn’t perfect, and if I had that kind of money, I’d probably by a Volkswagen turbo-diesel, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be a commercial success or a stepping stone to something better.
