I am skeptic.
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The automaker announced yesterday that it had created a new computer algorithm to test the batteries, which will be required to propel the four-seater Volt up to 40 miles under electric power alone.
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Fourty miles?
Heck their EV1 went 80-100 miles on a single charge- and with almost 20 year old technology.
Perhaps they should not have snatched them away so hastily from their happy, more than satisfied drivers back in the 90's to crush them all in an evil, secretive plot- as if cancer to their immediate profits.
GM is so proud of their 32MPG car of today- I hear them boast about it on TV as if it is really something, while my four year old HCH is getting +60. GM have
never been interested in real fuel economy. 40 Mile range Volt? That's
pitiful proud and still consumes dino.
I bet they'll still be making (and pushing) Hummers and Excursions as gas reaches $5/g. Someone should be ashamed of themselves.
GM needs to be making better decisions before fuel costs put them out. I'll be ready for my next new commuter car in about 5 years. I plan to buy a battery electric.
Surely not a 40 mile range GM. Perhaps by then they will have better leadership. I'm not holding my breath. Nor my wallet. Notice my edit note below.
-Steve