Saturday, September 27, 2008

Colbert May Give Up His Hummer for An Electric Car

Bob Lutz, vice chairman of G.M., was on The Colbert Report talking about the radical new car G.M. introduced this week, the Chevy Volt. It can travel for 40 miles on only electricity. Above that a small gas engine kicks in and re-charges the batteries to increase its range. At night you just plug it into a home outlet. What this means is that the car reduces fuel consumption to about $0.70 per gallon, according to Lutz. I'm also posting the video because, well, because I find it really funny:

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