2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier versus...

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2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier vs. 2017 Toyota Prius Prime Advanced
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The first Chevrolet Volt came to outrun the Toyota Prius. The new one hopes to kill it. A tale of two plug-in hybrids.

http://www.caranddriver.com/compari...7-toyota-prius-prime-advanced-comparison-test

Starts:

Electric vehicles are maturing through their adolescence, and just like in middle school, some members of the class are developing faster.

... if completely ignoring the bikes and trikes...

(Note Article filed as " Home/ Comparison Test/Tortoise and the Hare: Chevrolet Volt vs. Toyota Prius Prime!

 

[craneplaneguy]

Worth reading, here's one of the better quotes: " In Blue Magnetism paint—a metallic teal—the thing appears to have been inspired by a disfigured puffer fish, a turquoise ring you’d find in a New Mexico gas station, and a 1958 Edsel. Perhaps that’s why the wind refuses to touch it. How else can you explain the Prius Prime’s excellent 0.25 drag coefficient?"

Typical Car and Driver BS, 0-60 in 10 seconds is slow? I merge all the time on one on ramp that's uphill, you hit that PWR button and floor it and it hauls ass, screw the mileage drop. Sure, I'm a Prius puke, but the article seems heavily biased against it, like nowhere does it say that once your driving down the highway on the ICE, the Prius gets much better MPG, or does it mention the great overall reliability of past Prius. They quote the documented greater interior volume the Prius has over the Volt, but then go on to say "but it doesn't look that way." WTF? But yeah, it is ugly, good thing it's so low drag!