re: #288 GeneJockey

This is where the absence of any principle beyond “Pissing Off Liberals” in modern Conservatism is laid bare. My experience of Righties is that they HATE the Prius, and the Leaf, and the SmartCar, far beyond simply “I don’t like it.” They actively despise them and applaud any problems they might have. When Fisker’s cars started catching fire, they were beisde themselves with glee!

The funny thing was the reaction to the ‘unintentional acceleration’ controversy with the Prius a few years back. They simultaneously pointed tot it as proof the technology isn’t all it’s cracked up to be AND insisted the problem was overblown to help ‘Government Motors’ by hurting their biggest competitor.

Once again, Cognitive Dissonance - It’s what’s for dinner!

The acceleration issue was a problem with other models of Toyota but I don’t think it specifically applied to the Prius. Also TEH GM VOLTS EXPLODE!!!!! what happened was that the battery was not removed from a test vehicle after crash tests, no consumer vehicles ever exploded on the road, but wingnuts make it seem like you would be driving on the highway next to some random Volt and BOOM!

Improper removal of the battery from hybrid vehicles can cause problems, this has been known.