Comments on: Lada: 1st Russian-Built Electric Vehicle

By: HR4fre

HR4fre — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:02:00 +0000

My next car will most definitely be an electric – and, why not, a Russian – one. But 80 HP is a bit too little. Gotta wait some more!

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:58:00 +0000

I do wonder what your point is Stan.

EVs with 100 mile ranges work for some people. Others need a PHEV with 40 miles (or 16 in the case of the Prius) but the ability to drive further than 100 with fuel.

That’s just where the technology today. (Remember computers with clock speeds of 1.023 MHz and data storage on 5 1/4″ floppies? That cost well over $2k in today’s dollars?) Ranges will increase and prices will fall.
BTW, the Volt was designed and introduced prior to the financial industry crashing our economy and requiring us to protect American car manufacturers.

By: Stan Stein

Stan Stein — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:08:00 +0000

Ok….so….100 miles range? We get a Volt with what? 40? In this world of planned obsolescence, we have still failed to kick the boogyman’s butt……WHY don’t we have enough guts to insist that when we bail out an automoble manufacturer, they “pay us back” by putting their best foot forward? They need us way more than we need them…..we can buy a car from anyone, from almost anywhere…..The CEO of GM is on record as saying that the price of gas should be $5……why? Because then, paying a giant premium for an EV, with a few extra thousand of profit “stuck into it” would stop people from procrastinating about switching….and gladly pay twice as much for a car to avoid paying $100 per week for gas instead of $60
GM is more than happy to build a Volt….a Cruise has well less than 1/3 of the profit of a Volt. That’s also why they sell the sexiest SUVs that they can…..compact cars have the lowest profit of any model.