Matt Lauer from the today show along with CNBC’s Phil LeBeau were the first two journalists to drive the Volt mule.  They talked about how gas prices would effect the sales of the Volt.  Though they seemed a bit confused about performance.  LeBeau said that if gas prices were low that Americans would pick gas engines for performance over the electric motor and then later on while praising the Volt both Lauer and LeBeau agreed that the electric motor provided great performance.

Oh well, they’re not really car guys after all.  And they do have a point, the electric motor in the volt will do 0-60 in 9 seconds.  A respectable time, but not fast by any means.

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