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PS: IGNORE the Nissan Leaf! This car has batteries with insufficient cooling, and the result will be owners stranded on the side of the road! Tesla motors doesn't compete with this car, but their owner, Elon Musk is already screaming about how that car is going to turn people off from electric cars. The Chevy Volt at least has a gas engine to power the car when the batteries die; the Nissan Leaf does NOT and that thing will strand people in hot climates.

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Houston is one of the first cities to get the Leaf. I guess we'll know how it does in hot climates by next summer.
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