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What's Wrong With This Picture: Tomorrow's Award Today Edition
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Edward Niedermeyer
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Published: November 16th, 2009
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Time Magazine goes ahead and gives an unproven, unavailable vehicle a “Best Invention of 2009” award.
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Published November 16th, 2009 3:12 PM
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their purpose is to make money, not to provide useful info. but they are so unsubtle about it
Umm, excuuuuuse me, the mass market electric car was invented over a century ago! Is a 2010 Leaf far more capable and refined than a 1910 Baker Electric? Sure. A 2010 Mustang is far more capable than a 1910 Model T, too. But it doesn't mean we "invented" the gasoline powered car a couple of weeks ago.
Kinda like the Nobel Peace Prize, the award is for good intentions & perceived potential.
If the stated 100-mile range is as optimistic as most marketing blurbs, it means real-world range during winter months in cold areas (northern U.S.) is probably 50-60 miles. That would pretty much rule the car out for a huge swath of mid- to long-distance commuters.