A while back I started a thread on another forum (shine has 'contributed' too) and currently at 264 responses. It had tapered off but I again wound up the rest of the 'contributors' with the Volt plant shut down - can I say emotional and name calling?? Of course the Left Coasters are beating their breasts pro electric and mightily.

I'm of the opinion that, yes, we, the world, does eventually need an alternative source of transportation energy, but while the Volt might be a stop gap measure, it sure isn't the end or even much more then a beginning. Heck, Consumer's Report said with the heater on, they were able to go 25 miles on a charge. WOWEEEE Economics of this Volt are beyond smelly. I sure don't appreciate that I'm helping to pay for each and every one of them not once (bailout, with 26.5% of GM still gov't owned) but twice ($7500/each tax credit). Then the fact that my exorbitant electric bill is helping to keep the broken down and archaic power generation and transmission systems operating - and in turn are expected to maintain a charger (which needs to have special and unique wiring) in operation - for a car that only gets 25 mp charge. I have seen a total of TWO off of a dealer lot locally and those, they might have been owned by a couple of the local large GE plant's middle managers.

'Nuff from me on this subject.