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IS IT PLUS ENOUGH?

Remember the horsepower wars of the 1960s?

In yet another twist on Mark Twain’s alleged saying, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” the car industry is humming its 50-year-old horsepower one-upmanship tune once again. But now there’s a new verse, with the lyrics “miles of battery range” instead of “plain ol’ horsepower.”

A snapshot of the current BEV-range leader board of affordable EV offerings looks like this: Hyundai Kona (258 miles), Kia Soul (243 miles), Kia Niro (239 miles), and Chevrolet Bolt (238 miles).

Where, pray tell, is the biggest-selling affordable EV of them all, the Nissan

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