Chevy Volt sales triple in 2012

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56. Electric cars are great. True Freedom!

I've been driving EVs for 20 years now.

I converted my Ford Escort to electric power years ago and have saved thousands of dollars in gas. I'm getting ready to install a new lithium battery pack in it now after 19 years of using golf cart batteries. If the power goes out I've used the electric car to power up the refrigerator and other needed appliances.

My kids first car ride home from the hospital was in the electric car. They've grown up with electric cars and think they are normal. They've been in every electric car that's been out including the GM EV-1, Tesla Roadster, Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt since we know alot of people in the EV industry.

I built my son an electric jr dragster which blows the gas jrs off the drag strip. With my Palm Pilot I can tweek out the motor volts and battery volts to where we can dial it in to 100ths of a second.

My wife drives a Prius and loves it. She easily gets 58 mpg it. Our best mileage is 64 mpg on a trip to see electric drag racing in Ohio.

I also own a GE Elec-Trak garden tractor which I use to mow the lawn and haul stuff. Since we bought the house 14 years ago its never had a gas engine mower on it.

And if anyone says we are just using coal to charge our electric toys, that's not exactly true. We have a 5.8 kW grid connected solar system installed on the house and we also signed up for wind energy.

With the Volt or the Leaf you can get a $7500 Tax rebate or credit. When we converted our Ford Escort to electric we were able to get a $1,500 tax credit for the conversion parts.

I love driving electric. My electric Ford Escort with all the torque from it's Zilla Controller and 9 inch WarP motor can blow many cars away off the line. My son loves it when I squeal the wheels taking off from a dead stop.

I really like the Volt. I am seriously considering buying one or the Nissan Leaf. In our electric car club, we have about 6 Volt owners, 6 Leaf owners, 2 Tesla Model S owners, 2 Tesla Roadster owners, 2 Think City owners and several people like me who converted our cars to electric. The library parking lot where we meet for our meetings is filled with electric cars.

What's also cool is there are charging stations popping up all over the place, at least in the DC area. So there are more places to charge. I charge 110 volt so I can charge pretty much anywhere but I usually drive my EV within it's range and use the Prius for longer trips.