Getting Charged Up for New Chevy Volt

Get ready to plug in your car. The electric powered Chevrolet Volt is just a few weeks away from hitting the streets and the Nissan Leaf is also making the rounds. The idea of electric cars is pretty cool. But when it comes time to plunk down thousands of dollars to buy one, that's when we start having second thoughts.

Clearly the hybrids have done well in San Diego and that's one reason the electric cars are coming here first. But there's another reason -- the weather. “How are they going to hold up under severe cold, how are those batteries going to do? By starting in Southern California, and San Diego in particular, they have a very mild weather and it shouldn't play that big of role in decreasing the amount of range you can get on that electric engine,” said Patrick Olsen from www.cars.com.
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