The Roberts electric car, built in 1896, gets a40 miles to the charge — exactly the mileage Chevrolet advertises for the Volt, the highly touted $31,645 electric car General Motors CEO Dan Akerson called “not a step forward, but a leap forward.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/14/114-year-old-electric-car-gets-same-40-miles-to-the-charge-as-chevy-volt/#ixzz1b397Xkgn

 

Thanks to Kedmobee for bringing this to the attention of the It’s Interesting community.