Not content to let General Motors grab all the shiny happy tree-huggy headlines today with its 230 mpg claim for the Chevy Volt in city operation, the gang manning the NissanEVs Twitter account needled GM's range-extended EV messiah, tweeting:
Nissan Leaf = 367 mpg, no tailpipe, and no gas required. Oh yeah, and it'll be affordable too!
Given that the methodology of how the feds will ultimately arrive at the official mileage numbers (or mileage equivalents) for many of these next-gen greenmobiles is not yet finalized, we'll take all the hype and scoreboard pointing with a grain of salt until we see actual, final numbers posted at FuelEconomy.gov. (Nissan says its 367 mpg figure was derived by using the Department of Energy formula.)
In any case, a Twitter spitball fight between GMBlogs and NissanEVs over this stuff would be kind of entertaining to watch. Sorta like the nerdy opposite of the ZR1 vs. GT-R debate.
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8 comments:
Sadly, this technology has been known for years.
Wow! competitive market is good!
Buy American
If they're electric, why do I care about gas mileage? right now, I'm wondering what is the sticker price one of these and where will the average person be able to charge them on the road.
around $40,000.00
Unless they are affordable for the masses,they will not be practical.
tedh comment on Buy American:
My ($20,000) Prius was built in NJ. My Chevy pickup was built in Canada.
I'm just leery about claims coming from a Government owned company and the coincidental use of 4 letters in naming the VOLT and the YUGO.
what an ugly hunk of junk...as all new, neat and politically correct pieces of junk are
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