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By The Numbers: Chevy Volt vs Nissan Leaf

It’s hard to ignore the looming EV vehicle showdown between the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf even though the vehicles are totally different in nature and target market. While the Nissan Leaf is simply a beautifully-packaged electric vehicle with around a 100 mile range, the Chevy Volt takes a different approach by having a somewhat limited 40 mile EV range but an on-board gas-powered generator that will power the electric motor as long as there’s gas in the tank. GM is clearly targeting the a higher-end market with a $41,000 MSRP while the Nissan Leaf is a bit more down-market with a starting price of $32,000.

That’s fine. There’s more than enough room in the world for both of the vehicles. There doesn’t really have to be a winner here. In terms of sales numbers, the Nissan Leaf will enter more markets than the Volt (or its Opel Ampera counterpart) initially anyway. GM only expects to sell about 10,000 Volts during the first year where Nissan already 17,000 Leaf pre-orders, 5,000 more than the first year estimate. Clearly both vehicles are highly anticipated, though, so comparisons will no doubt be made around workplace watercoolers from now on. Here’s what we know so far.

Both GM and Nissan have strategically been rolling out details about their respective vehicles. Performance data still hasn’t been released for either. The gas tank size of Volt is unknown and Nissan hasn’t announced warranty info just yet. Clearly we don’t have all the info just yet, but there’s more than enough firepower to start a little flame war with your coworkers.

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'Everybody hurts when you speed' - Three minute montage - TAC campaign - The Ripple Effect

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Cyanide & Happiness #1511

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World Cup for Nerds - Infographics

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I must also unlock this achievement in supermarket shenanigans.

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The last time my family bought a computer was in 1999.

FF>> 11 years and I'm thinking of getting a 21.5" iMac for the home and turning my current PC into a dedicated Linux machine. The new iMac refresh announced today doesn't have anything that I really want. I could do without the new i3 or i5 processors and the dedicated graphics bump. A USB 3.0 or a Blu ray writer could have coaxed me into getting the new one.

I'll wait for the price drop on the older iMacs as retailers try to push out stock. Prices as of 17-Jul-2010 Sharaf DG has already slashed 400 bucks from its basic iMac model :)

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Our world may be a giant hologram.

Article can be found here : quantumconsciousness.org

 

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It's 5AM and I'm wasting time playing Words with Friends with Gina

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Gina knows how to work the letter Y :)

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Signs

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