Please, Buck Private Motors, a href="http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090811/tc_afp/usautogmcompanyelectric_20090811161805"spare me the hype/a about how the Volt will be a “landmark” vehicle.br /br /Nissan’s Leaf, the first planned mass-production all-electric car that can go more than 100 miles without a charge, is a “landmark” vehicle.br /br /An overpriced electric-with-gas-engine-boost that can only do another 100 miles and will cost $15K more, while taking 3x as long to get from idea to reality, is NOT “landmark.”br /br /Hell, GM CEO Fritz Henderson admits that himself:br /blockquote"The key to high-mileage performance is for a Volt driver to plug into the electric grid at least once each day," Henderson said./blockquotebr /So, in other words, the Volt is really an all-electric in drag, and therefore is overpriced compared to the Leaf, which can go more than 100 miles without a charge and without a backup gas engine.div class="blogger-post-footer"There is no god and I am his prophet.img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7532871-279923647069765526?l=socraticgadfly.blogspot.com'//div
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