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What good is a 40-mile range when a Tesla gets 200 miles per charge?

Chevrolet says that the Chevy Volt eliminates "range anxiety" thanks to its gasoline engine. If a Tesla roadster – a sports car that uses a lithium-ion battery pack for a claimed 200 mile range – runs out of juice, you have to find an outlet. If the Volt's battery gets low, the gasoline engine simply kicks in, allowing you to keep driving. Not surprisingly, if you figure the average driver puts about 15,000 miles on their car per year, that works out to just slightly more than a 40-mile daily average.

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