

I was raised on puns, on trying to outthink my brother and father, and later my sister, at the dinner table. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Real Ghostbusters, Dungeons and Dragons, even the Gummi Bears, all were on tap for a fantastical half hour of escapism accompanied with a bowl or two of intensely sugary cereal that was never accompanied with the “rest of the balanced breakfast.”Īnd I’m a sucker for wordplay, good or bad. I’m a child of the 80’s, so I spent those mornings in search of great cartoons.

Those informal years of training at the movie theater or in front of the television on Saturday mornings have informed everything that I still like to this day. The Chevy Bolt will have a range of 238 miles when it hits dealerships by the end of 2016.Nostalgia is the basis for all of our likes and dislikes. Tesla recently announced a battery upgrade that will increase the range of the Model S with Ludicrous mode to 315 miles, and the Model X with Ludicrous mode to 289 miles. So it seems like Volkswagen is aiming to "make history" by unveiling an electric car that beats out the competition when it comes to range.Ĭompetition is mounting in the electric car space. Volkswagen has said that the MEB will give its electric cars mileage "on par with today's gasoline-powered cars by the end of the decade." The MEB platform will be exclusive to Volkswagen's electric vehicles.

It was said the BUDD-e could get 373 miles on a full charge with its MEB platform, so that falls in line with the potential range Diess teased for the concept car being shown in Paris. Volkswagen first showed off its MEB architecture in its minibus concept, the BUDD-e, at the Consumer Electronics Show in January.

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