Thursday, February 22nd, George W. Bush flew to North Carolina to speak of energy initiatives. In his speech to a biotech company concerned with ethanol, Bush said:
“Someday you’re going to be able to get in your car, particularly if you’re a big-city person, and drive 40 miles on a battery,” he said. “And by the way, the car doesn’t have to look like a golf cart. It could be a pickup truck.”
I know he doesn’t write his own speeches, but why pick one out of the unused bin from his fathers’ presidency? I say this because Ford produced an electric version of the Ranger pickup from 1998-2002 that had a range of 65 miles… It’s not the future GW, it’s the past… Most current electric vehicles going into production have 150-200+ range (250 in the case of the Tesla). And all this is without governmental assistance that companies like Hummer get.
I guess all the fact checkers haven’t been replaced since that whole WMD thing… But who needs facts when you have spin?
The Chronicle via Jalopnik…