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115-year-old electric car gets same 40 miles to the charge as Chevy Volt
[Daily Caller] Meet the Roberts electric car. Built in 1896, it gets a solid 40 miles to the charge -- exactly the mileage Chevrolet advertises for the Volt -- the much-touted $31,645 electric car General Motors CEO Dan Akerson called "not a step forward, but a leap forward."The executives at Chevrolet can rest easy for now. Since the Roberts was constructed in an age before Henry Ford's mass production, the 115-year-old electric car is one of a kind. Posted by: Fred 2011-10-15 |
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