The leaf goes 100 miles and then nothing....wait a few hours to charge back up and then you can go. Meanwhile, the volt is probably gonna have a range over 300 miles. Then if you run out, it's as simple as refilling the gas tank.
They are not the same car. On Aug 31, 2010, at 9:06 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Just curious, but why do YOU think Chevrolet is releasing the Volt?" > > Wonderful question. > > I would say that they were told to by the government. > > Compare the Volt to the Mazda Leaf > > The Volt cost 41K versus 32K for the Leaf. > The Volt gets 40 miles per charge versus 100 miles per charge for the Leaf. > > > I would say it is a bad decision to release a car that is more expensive > than a competitor and get lets for performance. > > > The whole electric car deal seems fishy to me though. If one switches from > gas to electric, that just means more electric energy needs to be > generated. Barring a sudden rise in nuclear energy, where would the extra > electricity be generated? Is that any more eco friendly or energy > efficient? > > I'll admit I don't know much about this issue. There might be a cheap > source for extra electricity. > > J > > - > > No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in > session. - Mark Twain > > The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and > provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326511 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
