“All new cars will have some degree of hybridization by 2020, by which point battery technology will be ubiquitous and vehicles will communicate with one another and the road to make driving safer and easier.

In the next 10 years, we will experience more change than in the 50 years before… The revolution already has begun.

…battery costs — which the report estimates at 10 to 15 percent of the cost of the cars that use them — will remain a significant barrier to rapid market penetration.

…ethanol from corn and other food crops is a dead end but cellulosic ethanol “has the potential to see widespread acceptance.”

…hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will remain a viable alternative… comprising a small fraction of vehicles by 2020. Few expect the infrastructure needed to generate, transport and distribute hydrogen to be in place anytime soon.”

“GM has said the Volt will cost $30,000 to $40,000, and that it expects to sell 100,000 per year starting in 2012.

…GM workers are testing batteries to make sure they last at least 10 years or 150,000 miles. It would cost more than $10,000 to replace them.

…travel 40 miles on a full charge…

…small gasoline engine will recharge the batteries ‘giving’ the equivalent of 150 miles per gallon.”