The electric car is trying to make a come back. Does anyone remember the EV-1. This car was bought mostly by Hollywood movie stars trying to show they care about the environment. Sales were limited to the west coast and the the car never really took off.

Now the next generation of electric cars are on the way. The Chevy Volt was this years concept showing the evolved technology. The car plugs into your wall outlet at home to provide enough of a charge to go 40 miles without fuel assistance. You may think, “only 40 miles,” but the mileage is the average distance driven daily for your commute to/from work. Picture only paying for gas on your “nights and weekends.” Sounds good to me, lets just hope the performance doesn’t suffer.

Here is a press release from the Lutz factor..

“General Motors Corp hopes to begin producing an all-electric car in 2010, according to GM’s product chief and Vice Chairman Bob Lutz.

Lutz said the major uncertainty facing the Chevrolet Volt, a concept vehicle GM unveiled in January, was whether lithium-ion batteries can be developed to power it. A running Volt prototype is expected by the end of 2007, he said.

“We have set an internal target of production in 2010. Whether we can make that or not, this is still kind of an unpredictable program for us,” Lutz told reporters at the Geneva auto show. “We’re sort of outside our comfort zone.”