“the next Volt would have a larger battery, enabling more range”
There by increasing the amount of hazardous waste it takes to produce them no doubt. Which kind of defeats the purpose doesn’t it?
“Which kind of defeats the purpose doesn’t it?”
Depends on the ‘purpose’ I suppose.
IMHO the mandates for other than internal combustion vehicles and unrealistic CAFE standards have one purpose - to keep us on the farm. More specifically to keep us in Soviet style apartment blocks, in perfect conformance.
The left is trying to make it more expensive to drive, plain and simple. Too many of us living outside of cities for their taste. And too many people doing sideline businesses with a pickup truck. In a leftist perfect world, only the Oligarchs will drive.