Hummm, Boxter, Volt, Boxter, Volt?... another great electric car.

When the price drops to around $15,000 before tax credit, I may consider one. As for now, I just paid $3,600 cash for a nice used car with 43,000 miles, in pristine condition. I can buy a lot of gasoline and travel much farther for the $37,400 I save. Government Motors? No thanks! I'd rather walk.

Also consider battery life! Standard gel cells last only about 8 years tops. While I am uncertain of the life of Lithium Ion batteries, I know that they are considerably more expensive than gel cells, on the order of 4 times as much. So consider in 8 years or less, you'll be dishing out something on the order of another $20,000 for new batteries. Having that in mind, how many will just forego the new batteries and just run it on the engine alone? So now the batteries become dead weight, and whats that going to do for fuel economy and efficiency?