If it takes hours to recharge a Volt’s battery from a wall socket or charger, then just how much does a couple of seconds of braking (i.e. the time it takes to completely stop the vehicle) each time you approach a stop sign or traffic signal?
There’s nothing disingenuous about it.
Consumer Reports said they could only drive 28 miles on the Volt’s batteries before they were drained (including the braking). 28 miles per gallon is typical for a gasoline only powered car.
Of course, there are plenty of gasoline powered cars that get a lot more than 28 miles per gallon. By that standard, the Volt’s batteries how less than the energy in one gallon of gasoline.
True but won't you use that "extra gas" you save while braking by accelerating back up to speed?
The real phoney part here is the ignoring of the Volt gas tank which extends the actual range to several hundred miles. You won't need to spend fifty hours charging batteries to go to Atlanta.
That having been said, the "one gallon" equivalence to the entire multihundred pound battery fiasco is a compelling image. I'm sticking with my fossil fuels thankee very much.