Commented On: 2013 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid: Gas Mileage Test Drive

Green Car Reports 05/05/2013 - 05:41:55 PM 0 Views 8 comments

I took one out for a rental car, it was very nice.
I preferred it to the prius.

Commented On: Electric Racer Runs Baja Peninsula Endurance Race, Sadly Retires

Green Car Reports 05/03/2013 - 09:34:57 PM 0 Views 2 comments

could this compete at Pikes peak?

Commented On: 2013 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid: First Drive

Green Car Reports 05/03/2013 - 09:33:42 PM 0 Views 1 comment

i rented one at the airport, it was awesome.

Smooth, clean, much nicer then the prius.

Commented On: Next Chevy Volt $10,000 Cheaper To Build, Profitable For GM?

Green Car Reports 05/03/2013 - 06:09:43 PM 0 Views 29 comments

it's great if the price drops, that would really make the VOLT affordable, but,
what it really needs to drive up sales is an offboard inverter. If you could plug in the volt and use it for emergency power, the sales would skyrocket.

Commented On: Next Chevy Volt $10,000 Cheaper To Build, Profitable For GM?

Green Car Reports 05/03/2013 - 06:08:04 PM 0 Views 29 comments

John,

Moore's law is not a law of nature, it reflects the investment of R&D of the big silicon companies. When R&D slows, change slows.

Now we are seeing some real investment in battery and consequently the improvement rate is speeding up

Commented On: April Plug-In Electric Car Sales: Leaf And Volt Neck And Neck

Green Car Reports 05/03/2013 - 03:36:04 PM 0 Views 20 comments

"When the price of Plugin cars become competitive to its ICE class, people will show up to buy it..." that will be sometime before 2020.

The Relentless cost decline of battery, basically means either gas prices need to push north of $5/gal or battery needs to drop to around 250-300/KWH. at $300/KWH, figure you want a battery car to have about 150 mile range, means you need at least 50 KWH capacity, so, that means about 70 KWH to keep range over the battery life. Well that's about a 17K battery. Now if you look at the leaf, with a 35 KWH battery, it's about a 8K battery. So at that future price, a leaf will be priced in the mid teens, and a Tesla S class vehicle will be about 30K.
Watch Battery price and capacity, that's the dea

Commented On: Next Chevy Volt $10,000 Cheaper To Build, Profitable For GM?

Green Car Reports 05/03/2013 - 02:19:08 AM 0 Views 29 comments

extend your lease one year, then, go to the next gen.

Commented On: Selling Electric Cars, Hybrids: Does Saving Green Matter More Than Going Green?

Green Car Reports 04/29/2013 - 03:56:44 PM 0 Views 16 comments

it'd be nice if they sold them as performance vehicles as well.
Have a sport mode and run them against equivalnt sized cars and show
white zombie and other electric dragsters trashing ferrari's and porsches.

Commented On: NYC Officially Launches Nissan Leaf Electric Taxi Program

Green Car Reports 04/26/2013 - 08:52:39 PM 0 Views 20 comments

it would probably be better to start with Chevy Volts or Cmax-ENERGI or
a plug in Camry.

People want a lot of room in the back seat of a taxi, the cabbies don't want to spend more then half an hour charging and the car should be economical to operate.

The Prius has worked well as a cab, so perhaps plug ins can do well.

Commented On: NYC Officially Launches Nissan Leaf Electric Taxi Program

Green Car Reports 04/26/2013 - 08:50:17 PM 0 Views 20 comments

you hope the passengers look for oncoming traffic.