We are not there yet

I hate to break the news to you, but MPG ratings are actually taken by operating the car at controlled speeds. From a government website explaining it:

"On the dynamometer, a professional driver runs the vehicle through a standardized driving routine, or schedule, which simulates "typical" trips in the city or on the highway.

Each schedule specifies the speed the vehicle must travel during each second in the test."

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/how_tested.shtml

Put that in your straight scoop.

Different guest. That's not at all what the OP said. He said that the pure electric range was likely given at speeds that are less than those likely to be used or desired. I believe that is a true statement. He didn't mention mpg in regards to range.

That's a GA from guest #2. However, in a country like France, where something like 80% of the electricity is generated by nuclear power, electric energy is close to pollution free - if you disregard all those facilities and used fuel that will have to be disposed of some day.

I looked at your link and did not find any reference to SPEED. Hwy speed doesn't tell me anything. In today's driving habits, the only important factor is: not mpg, but how long will it take to get me from point A to point B. My highway speed is between 70 and 80 mph on a 70mph interstate. I need to know how far I can drive a battery powered vehicle at my rate of speed before the car stops. If a company could make the claim of 300 miles at 70mph, I would buy that car in a heartbeat. A hybrid could easily do it, but at a very low mpg number. So, I repeat, "we are not there yet". Cost per mile and overall initial cost are other important factors.

If I were setting down a set of specifications for a "green" car, they would look like this.

Four door, 5 passenger, 300 mile range at 70 mph, battery powered; recharge time 8 hours max; quick charge, 1 hour (20 miles at reduced speed); battery replacement cost: < $2000; battery life, 3 years minimum; warranty, 5 years; initial cost, $ <30000.

I think this would be a reasonable specification although it would be impossible for now and in the foreseeable future. Hybrid technology is readily available now, but basically it still depends on fossil fuel for any kind of travel distance.

I still can't log in.

BTW, I did check out the "schedule", but they refer to hybrids only.