I drive. A lot. So I need as much range as I get out of a gas-powered vehicle, or I'm sticking with gas.
GM said:The Volt electric could recharge on electricity every night for 6 hours and provide 40 miles of pure electric fuel. At 60 miles per day and with the assistance of a conventional fuel, the Volt could achieve up to 150 mpg. After 60 miles, the fuel efficiency continually drops to about 50 mpg until it reaches its end range of around 600 miles.
The whole "effective MPG" concept is really convoluting matters more than it needs to. A 40 mile range saves owners up to ~$4 per day if they drive that far, and that's all you need to know. There's really nothing unfortunate about it for you.My workday commutes would be enough to exceed 40 miles a day, unfortunately.
Such is life, I guess.
Don't discount that the electricity in your car has a cost, also. Its not "free".
It probably costs a lot less than that to go from hybrid to PHEV, as the car makers probably only need 4 kWh of battery storage to go this far. PHEV really is a no-brainer.
Yep, at my current electricity rates it would cost me around 75 cents for the first 40 miles (it could be a bit less than that or nearly double that in some locations in NA). Still significantly cheaper than any current car could manage at the price I have to pay for gasoline.
It seems I made a little mistake with my calculations, as the energy density figure I saw was per kg, not per gallon. Whoops.It's estimated to use around 8kWh to reach it's "electric only" range of 40 miles and it'll have a 16 kWh battery:
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/0...date-all-systems-go-malibu-based-mules-comin/
What are the prices in Sweden? Currently in Bulgaria its likeNo, the cost when running on CNG wouldn't be half of that (i'm assuming that you're talking about diesel), at least not in Sweden.