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Aug 12, 2009 - Heyyyyy!!!

By now you've all seen the seen the story I read at freep.com.

GM said its Chevrolet Volt, slated to come to market next year, could be rated for an estimated 230 miles per gallon in city driving, and it also promised to launch 25 new vehicles by 2011.

Just a month ago, GM emerged from 40 days in bankruptcy as a new company largely owned by the U.S. Treasury.

"It feels great to be talking about cars in the auto business again," GM CEO Fritz Henderson said during a daylong event for news media and industry analysts.

 I think it would be even better if you were talking about real cars and what they really could do Fritz. That 230 MPG figure is out there now and the Volt is never going to live up to that. You think people complain about not getting their EPA mileage estimates now? Just wait until their $40,000 car doesn't get even 25% of the "mileage" you seem to want to claim.

The Volt has definitely jumped the shark.

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steve_ - Aug 12, 2009 7:10 am
And the Volt will still have a longer payback than the Prius, even at 230 equivalent mpg. Now the Leaf, at 367 mpg .... We may get you into a hybrid yet Sneakers (it is a Nissan, after all).
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