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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Posted by: Joe | Apr 13, 2009 11:27:11 PM The government gets no tax money on electric vehicles. We are addicted to the gasoline tax both at the State and Federal level. If GM can barely make a $40,000 electric vehicle with a 40-mile range *today*, how the hell would you expect the EV1 to have been affordable?

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