First, the Volt isn't "ALL electric". It's a hybrid, meaning that it while it has an electric motor, it also has a traditional gasoline-burning internal combustion engine.

What's new and different about the Volt is that unlike the Prius (which uses its gasoline engine as its main engine and just uses the electric motor at very low speeds to stretch out the gasoline), the Volt uses its electric engine is its main engine and the small gasoline engine is used only to recharge the battery, not turn the wheels.

The nice part about the Volt's "gasoline" engine is that (again unlike the Prius) it's not gasoline-only: the Volt can also use E85, a clean burning renewable alternate bio-fuel available at over 2,000 stations nationwide, when it does need to fire up that internal combustion engine: it's a flex fuel vehicle as well as a plug-in hybrid.

Flex-fuel capability is a too often overlooked and under-appreciated way to go green in many green auto guides, including the ACEEE's. Increased fuel economy won't reduce fuel consumption because economic and population growth outpace efficiency gains. From 1976 to 1990 average MPGs went from 13 to 20 but gasoline use went UP from 89 to 103 billion gallons a year. The key is not to travel less or use less fuel, but to switch motive power away from gasoline to a renewable and clean energy source - and both electricity (depending on the source) and E85 are great ways to do that. E85 capability has the advantage of being much cheaper to add to a car (just about $130 per car for automakers) compared to hybrid capability. Even some of the biggest, low MPG vehicles out there can use it.

Check out E85fuel.com to find a car and fuel station, and EnergyVictory.net to learn more about this issue.

I have used diesel cars in Germany for years.
However, The price here is way too high. I think the jetta is ok. But it is not a twin turbo. Twin turbo diesels like BMW 335d (without the sticker shock) will leave hybrids way back.

There's no such thing as a green car.

Understanding the full environmental impacts of electric cars is critical. I always thought that you would save a lot on the greenhouse gas emissions because you are not burning fuel in the engine, but that producing the battery was a terrible thing. I also thought that you couldn't recycle the batteries. Turns out that was all wrong! Check out this great article that explains it all:

http://carbonpig.com/article/electric-cars-dont-use-fossil-fuel-whats-environmental-impact-and-life-cycle-batteries

Cheers,

Matt

from this angle this car is really look so nice I am very glad to see this one it is really a very nice and fantastic one for us