thebike45 commented on Chevy Volt Mule: First Drive

"It's good to hear a former skeptic admit that GM is serious about this car."

thebike45 commented on Tazzari Zero Electric Car Recharges In 45 Minutes, Offers 93-Mile Range

"Either learn something about electricity or stop publishing articles that mostly display your ignorance about same."

thebike45 commented on Honda Thinks Plug-In Technology Not Yet Up To Task

"Honda's irrelevant."

thebike45 commented on GM's Lutz: Chevy Volt Will Use GPS To Determine Distance From Home, Adjust Engine Accordingly

"You don't really need the knowledge about distance from home unless you are REALLY into trying to avoid that last drop of liquid fuel."

thebike45 commented on Toyota Projects Gas Prices To Hit $5.00 By Middle Of Next Decade, We Think They're Being Optimistic

"Where has this Toyota guy been living?"

thebike45 commented on Electric Car Home-Brewers Volting Their Rides

"Nothing like ruining a perfectly good car that can take you where you want to go by spending a lot of cash to build a car that basically can't do anything."

thebike45 commented on Saturn Vue Plug-In Hybrid On The Way

"I didn't even remember to correct Jalopnik about his claim that the Saturn Flextreme will fare worse tha a plain small econobox in terms of mileage."

thebike45 commented on Saturn Vue Plug-In Hybrid On The Way

"As usual, Jalopnik is an idiot about alternative vehicles.The fact that a Cadillac dual mode hybrid can get better city mileage than a 4 cylinder Camry should alert Jalopnik that he really is living in a fantasy world if he thinks the path to using less gasoline leads us to small cars."

thebike45 commented on Plug-In Hybrid Pickup To Get 100 MPG, Sticker Of Calvin Peeing On Our Foreign Oil Dependency

""Proof of concept" - apparently you don't quite get the idea of a proof of concept - everyone knows you can build acar that uses electricity - we've known that since not long after the Civil War."

thebike45 commented on Dyson Pursuing Electric Cars UPDATED

"An electric motor even 10 times more efficient than what's out there would represent virtually no advancement of EV technology."