[palmer]

According to Kelly Blue Book it is 98 mpg equivalent for the Chevy Volt and 114 mpg equivalent for the Nissan Leaf.

Those numbers are BS. We get 12.7 kWh of electricity per gallon of petroleum (http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=667&t=2) and lose 10-15% getting it to the consumer.

The Volt gets about 45 miles from a charge and it takes about 12 kWh to charge the battery. So the Volt is about 40 mpg.

The Leaf uses 34 kWh per 100 miles or about 33 mpg.

[LogicDesigner]

“Those numbers are BS. We get 12.7 kWh of electricity per gallon of petroleum”

That figure would be relevant if we got 60% of our electricity from petroleum. It might even be worth mentioning if we got 30% of our electricity from petroleum. You could even be excused for bringing it up if we got 10% of our electricity from petroleum.

However, it is absolutely irrelevant since we only get 1% of our electricity from petroleum.

I think I'll just trust KBB’s numbers instead.