Liberal Mormon

Some exciting news for those of us looking forward to junking our gas powered cars, Tesla has announced it will start mass producing it's new Electric Sedan, and boy is it sexy. Don't go out and sell you gas piece of sh** right now, these babies are only available in 2011 and the sticker price is still a bit high for the average Joe like myself. Tesla expects base price to be around $57,000 for this little hot rod, but says new federal grants allow a discount of $7,500 which makes the car slightly less expensive. What makes this car exciting is that it can go an estimated 150 to 300 miles on 1 charge, which is fantastic. The undisclosed California warehouse where they're being built is reportedly gearing up to mass produce 20,000 units to be sold in North America and Europe.

The next big deal for Americans coming out in 2011, supposedly, are the new Chevy Volts. And I don't care what you say, it's a sexy American Car. And I don't say that very often, in fact it's almost an oxymoron. This car is a big deal because GM, who is obviously a sex slave to OPEC and the Middle East, has finally decided to produce an electric car that it can sell to the masses. Now, most people only commute back and forth to work (less than 20 miles) and so the Volt only has a range of about 40 miles, however it does have a 1 liter engine that when kicked on and working with the electric system can go upwards of 600 miles. GM is having it's hick ups at the moment with the Volt. They will probably have to push back the release date from late 2010 to spring 2011 because of electrical usage issues. When necessary things like windshield wipers are used or the stereo, milage is significantly reduced. GM has stated they are working on the problem and it will be resolved before the car is rolled out. I actually can't wait to see them on the road. Finally the first major step forward in 30 years or more on fuel efficiency which has barely changed over 3 decades. One sour note, this little sexy car has a high price tag like the Telsa, estimates are around $35,000 for a base sticker tag. However I'm sure Federal Grants will make it MUCH more affordable. But unfortunately unless I win the lottery I'm going to be stuck with my Scion for a while, which don't get me wrong, I love, but I'd ditch it in a second for a non-gas car if I could afford it. So until then I'm going to have to be happy with an electric car that looks like this: