It seems like people have developed an opinion on electric/hybrid cars and then go looking for facts to support there opinions. The trick I think is to take this at face value. Young guy at work won the competition to drive a Volt and I was talking to him about it the other day. Loves it. Also loves the attention it gets on the road. Has been driving it for about 2 weeks and hasn't put any fuel in it. He lives in St Kilda and commutes to Port Melb. Costs him cents per day to charge up and leaves his old Golf Gti for dead (his words) Is this the silver bullet? No. I need to tow horse floats on the weekend and spend most of my time on cruise control at 110 K's. At highway speeds the gap starts to close. In this kids position though? $60 grand is a big ask but will come down as volume goes up and if it makes the same impression on others as this young bloke then the volumes should go up.
Still I can't understand what the problem is with LPG. I've been driving a dual fuel Berlina for ages until recently and it was costing me around $65 per week for around 1,200 K's Does everything, great to drive - even my daughter agrees and all Aussie fuel. Now will someone explain to me why people weren't queuing up?
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