If you are a GM diehard or a Chevy Volt fanboy, I suggest you cover your ears and start humming loudly to yourselves. CNN Money recently featured an article from Fortune magazine’s Motorworld declaring the upcoming Toyota Prius Plug-in hybrid a better buy and a better car than Chevy’s range-extended electric vehicle. Shock, gasp, horror, blasphemy etc.
To quote Motorworld senior editor Alex Taylor III: “[The Prius Plug-in is] more efficient and less expensive than the Volt, and Toyota actually stands the possibility of making a profit on it -- something General Motors concedes it can't do with the Volt.”
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Chevrolet Volt
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Chevrolet
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Electric Vehicles
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- IAA 2011: Ford's Pure Electric E-Bike Concept
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- IAA 2011: VW Unveils a Handful of Up! Concepts Including GT, EV and Crossover Variants
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