Home and financial issues put brakes on Volt for now

By Alan Yonan Jr.

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 20, 2012

~~<p>After a week of test-driving a Chevrolet Volt — and with the deadline for this story fast approaching — I knew I would have to be able to answer the question of whether I would be willing to give up my gas-powered car and join the roughly 1 percent of Hawaii motorists who have made the switch to EVs.</p>
<p>Conceptually the answer is yes. I loved the freedom of cruising past gas stations and not having to check whether the price of gas had gone up or down from the day before. It was also satisfying to know that even though most of the electricity used to charge the battery was generated by oil, the EV was using fuel much more efficiently than a typical internal combustion engine.</p>
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Visit HawaiiNewsNow.com for reviews on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt by Dan Cooke, Steve Uyehara and Tannya Joaquin.
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After a week of test-driving a Chevrolet Volt — and with the deadline for this story fast approaching — I knew I would have to be able to answer the question of whether I would be willing to give up my gas-powered car and join the roughly 1 percent of Hawaii motorists who have made the switch to EVs.

Conceptually the answer is yes. I loved the freedom of cruising past gas stations and not having to check whether the price of gas had gone up or down from the day before. It was also satisfying to know that even though most of the electricity used to charge the battery was generated by oil, the EV was using fuel much more efficiently than a typical internal combustion engine. EV LIVING Visit HawaiiNewsNow.com for reviews on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt by Dan Cooke, Steve Uyehara and Tannya Joaquin. Login for more...