Electric-car MPGe as important as range, Hyundai Ioniq maker suggests

Slide from 2017 Hyundai Ioniq presentation on electric cars at Washington Auto Show, Jan 2017Along with price, the top-line statistic cited for any battery-electric car is its rated range. Until last month, the only electric cars that exceeded 200 miles in that metric were made by Tesla Motors. Now, the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV has a 238-mile EPA rating for range—and that's usually the leading point about the Bolt EV in discussions or...