[trebb]

When you add in the cost of the battery depreciation, you get a calculation of about 14.3 cents per mile for the Volt. As the tech site notes: “A compact car getting 35 mpg would cost 10 cents per mile using $3.50-a-gallon gasoline.” So in other words, the Volt, in addition to the high cost to purchase, costs 43% more to operate than a conventional car.

I wonder how they come up with these figures without using the number oif miles that need to be driven to make the numbers have meaning?

I have no doubt the Volt is much costlier to operate (and even higher without the "Gov't" rebate at our expense, but the equation is missing a vital part.

[Elsie]

I have no doubt the Volt is much costlier to operate (and even higher without the "Gov't" rebate at our expense, but the equation is missing a vital part.

[The Antiyuppie]

“When you add in the cost of the battery depreciation, you get a calculation of about 14.3 cents per mile for the Volt. As the tech site notes: “A compact car getting 35 mpg would cost 10 cents per mile using $3.50-a-gallon gasoline.” So in other words, the Volt, in addition to the high cost to purchase, costs 43% more to operate than a conventional car. “

Wrong: A Democratic-controlled government will fix this. Recalculate these figures with gas at $15.00/gallon. See? Problem solved!