New EPA Ratings May Cripple Volt And Other Hybrids

I would just put it in a general Hybrid class and use the standard testing. But that's just me.Leave it up to government agencies to once again squeeze GM and the American industry out of existence. People will look at a $30,000 hybrid that gets 48mpg according to EPA and then see a Prius for less or a Insight that does that. Well there ya go, death of the Volt.I also do agree we need a new testing method for hybrids, but then again you would need to probably redo the way the Prius and other hybrids are calculated. Considering the Prius' engine is running pretty much all the time unless you are going 5mph in traffic or a neighborhood, or at a stop light. Which in 5 years all cars will have an auto shutoff feature when stopped for more than so many secnds.Basically I can see GM really fighting this to the point that they would maybe take it to court if it came to it because they invested so much in this car and to get it to production so early that they cannot lose this fight.