From our colleagues at the Green blog:
While the Environmental Protection Agency, General Motors and others differ on what the proper fuel economy rating for the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid is, one customer is delighted to say that he has driven more than 1,100 miles on less than a quarter-tank of gas. But then, the other source of energy, electricity, is his product.
Thomas R. Kuhn, the president of the Edison Electric Institute, the trade association of the investor-owned utilities and a booster of electric transportation, has been driving a Volt borrowed from General Motors for about a month, between his home in suburban Maryland, his children’s high school and his office in downtown Washington. The gasoline engine kicks in after about 40 miles on the battery, he said, but that has not happened very often.
Almost as good, people wave at him at stop signs and approach him in parking lots, he said. “I got a full thumbs-up from a guy in red Corvette,’’ said Mr. Kuhn, who mused that this was the first time he had driven an auto that is Motor Trend’s Car of the Year. He has sidelined his Cadillac STS sedan, he said, and he figures he is saving about two and a half gallons of gasoline a day.
The difference in operating cost? Driving the Volt probably costs two to three cents a mile, and the Cadillac, 10 to 12, he said. He has not received an electric bill yet covering the period in which he has had the car, but he said he did not miss “putting $60 in the tank” all at one time. Read more here.
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