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Consumer Reports: GM's Volt 'doesn't really make a lot of sense'
 .Consumer Reports offered a harsh initial review of the Chevrolet Volt, questioning whether General Motors Co.'s flagship vehicle makes economic "sense."The extended-range plug-in electric vehicle is on the cover of the April issue -- the influential magazine's annual survey of vehicles -- but the GM vehicle comes in for criticism."When you are looking at purely dollars and cents, it doesn't really make a lot of sense. The Volt isn't particularly efficient as an electric vehicle and it's not particularly good as a gas vehicle either in terms of fuel economy," said David Champion, the senior director of Consumer Reports auto testing center at a meeting with reporters here. "This is going to be a tough sell to the average consumer. Posted by: Beavis 2011-03-01 |
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