Breaking news! Chevy volt technically driven by gas engine!

[jadziasman]

Yeah, I suppose they will sell at a big discount if they fail to gather sales.

I really don't care for either car. The Volt is too expensive and the Leaf probably will not make it all the way on my 70 mile roundtrip each day in the cold, snowy winters or hot, sunny summers to come.

Also, owning the Leaf is risky if you live where the power goes out on occasion. What do you tell your boss - I can't make it in to work today because I couldn't charge up my car? That is going to happen hundreds if not thousands of times. And since electricity demand is typically lower at night, the utilities choose this time to do maintenance on their power generating equipment. Guess what? More demand at night may lead to inadequate maintenance and power outages not related to weather.

The time will come for BEV's and BEV's with extended range - they're just not ready for prime time.

They will have their day in the sun when they cost the same or less than a comparable gasoline car and the cost to operate them - electricity, maintenance, etc is much lower than dinoburners can match.