Awesome news today! Today marks the first time that GM has started test drives for the pre-production Chevy Volt extended range electric car. This comes just one day after the company announced that by October, GM will have 4,000 less salaried executives and other employees (probably taking the advice of smart people for a change). While the real deal won’t be available for you to purchase until late next year, It is pretty much safe to say that the day of the electric car has finally come… well, sort of. The Lithium Ion battery has actually not yet been proven to work in a high-volume hybrid car, but this is something that they’ll work out in time for the big release next year (hopefully). GM says that they plan to build around 80 prototypes of the vehicle to use for testing throughout the next year. We will actually have affordable electric cars on the road in a year’s time. Am I the only one that’s excited about this? I’ll include a picture c/o GM at the end of the article.

In a follow up to an article I wrote last week concerning the Cash for Guzzlers bill under consideration in congress: The bill passed through both the House and the Senate. As of 4:30 yesterday President Obama signed the bill into law. This voucher program will go into effect next month (5 days) and will provide assistance to any owner of a gas-guzzler wishing to purchase a more fuel-efficient car. Any person that is interested in acquiring one of these vouchers (and believe it or not, these aren’t limited to just drivers of SUV’s and large trucks) can access a brand new government website www.cars.gov to find out if they are eligible.

That’s all for this week. It’ll get better, it has to.