So, the chevy Volt — that’s big.

The US environmental protection agency are in the process of developing a fuel economy standard for hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles, and according to a recent draft version of the standard, General Motors’ flagship entry into the “range-extended electric vehicle” market would clock in at 230 miles per gallon.

Recently I entered a debate in defense of the EPA’s rating.  It was a retaliation against the claim that GM and the EPA have entered into a conspiracy in which the standards are designed to the specific product available and politically palatable, and the net result would be consumers’ further disillusionment at the very notion of “clean energy” when they discovered that their gleefully acquired products failed to perform to their expectations.

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