  Yet another example of the govt. "cramming" electric cars down our throats. How many hundreds of millions of dollars have to be spent on this debacle before you see it M0? IMO your love affair with GM and the Big 0 have blinded you to the point that you can't see the point(s) that Sly and I are making.  And what point is that? That the government should have no hand in the development of new technology? That them OFFERING (NOT cramming) tax credits on alternative propulsion vehicles is some form of big conspiracy to do......what? Before the first Volt hit the streets, our government was offering these tax credits to Prius purchasers.  I have no big love of our government. Personally, I don't like the idea of the tax credits. But if the government is giving them to one car company, it needs to be given to all. Wouldn't you agree?  So, if you want to bash our government for spending the money to allow tax credits, that's fine. But what I am attacking is the premise of the original article, and something sly further propogated. And that's the idea that the Volt is a POS that is inferior to the Prius, Tesla or Leaf. There were contents of the article that were simply not true, and I defy either of you to prove otherwise. Please, give it your best shot.....  And obviously your opinions and my opinion of what constitutes "cramming" something down someones throat is vastly different. I was of the idea that implying something is being "crammed down your throat" means it is being done against your will and allows you no choice in the matter. As I stated to sly before, the day I show up at your doorstep and put a loaded gun to your head and FORCE you to buy a Volt (or anyone else does), that is the day you can state it's being "crammed down your throat". Until then, you are free to choose which vehicle you want to buy, and have absolutely NO RIGHT to refuse anyone else their choice. If through their choice they get tax credits from the government, so be it. There are already gas guzzler taxes on some GM vehicles. I don't hear you two whining about any of that. It's OK for the government to regulate that, but not offer tax credits on hybrids?  _________________I will not put on blinders when it comes to our QBs performances.  March 0th, 0000, 0:00 pm  wjb00ndtown  Re: Cost To Drive a Volt  m0karateman wrote:  And what point is that? That the government should have no hand in the development of new technology? That them OFFERING (NOT cramming) tax credits on alternative propulsion vehicles is some form of big conspiracy to do......what? Before the first Volt hit the streets, our government was offering these tax credits to Prius purchasers.  I have no big love of our government. Personally, I don't like the idea of the tax credits. But if the government is giving them to one car company, it needs to be given to all. Wouldn't you agree?  So, if you want to bash our government for spending the money to allow tax credits, that's fine. But what I am attacking is the premise of the original article, and something sly further propogated. And that's the idea that the Volt is a POS that is inferior to the Prius, Tesla or Leaf. There were contents of the article that were simply not true, and I defy either of you to prove otherwise. Please, give it your best shot.....  And obviously your opinions and my opinion of what constitutes "cramming" something down someones throat is vastly different. I was of the idea that implying something is being "crammed down your throat" means it is being done against your will and allows you no choice in the matter. As I stated to sly before, the day I show up at your doorstep and put a loaded gun to your head and FORCE you to buy a Volt (or anyone else does), that is the day you can state it's being "crammed down your throat". Until then, you are free to choose which vehicle you want to buy, and have absolutely NO RIGHT to refuse anyone else their choice. If through their choice they get tax credits from the government, so be it. There are already gas guzzler taxes on some GM vehicles. I don't hear you two whining about any of that. It's OK for the government to regulate that, but not offer tax credits on hybrids?  