The best part of this is that I managed to do this without being a rolling roadblock.
My fuel consumption readout came down to about 1.4L/100km for my trip.
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With a bit of route planning and a driver tune-up (you really do need to relearn driving habits to get the most out of a Volt), I was able to make nearly a full 80 km on the battery charge.
If you do go onto the gas engine, you have still contributed considerably fewer emissions than a gasoline-only car. If your journey is longer or you get stuck in traffic, you don't need to hunt down one of the rare charging stations to be able to get home. If you charge up at home and head out for work, you can get up to 80 km on the electric charge in the battery. When you add in the 80 km from the battery, you get a range of 580 km.īy installing a gasoline engine, Chevrolet believes the Volt offers the best of all automotive worlds. Chevrolet claims that if you had to run the entire time on the gas engine, you could go 500 km. It is this 1.4L gasoline engine that creates the extended-range part of the designation. Off the grid, a 1.4L on-board gasoline engine powers the motor and charges the battery when required. How the electricity is provided is what makes the Chevrolet Volt distinctive.Ĭharging the 196-kg battery pack on the grid can be done by either an external 220-volt charging station, which takes about four hours, or by an internal 110-volt system, which takes up to 12 hours if the battery is absolutely flat. Interestingly enough other electric cars such as the Ford Focus Electric and the Nissan LEAF are all considered as comparable vehicles.Įlectric vehicles are defined as using an electric motor (my electrical friends tell me that motor is the correct term and that engines use other sources of fuel) to power the wheels. Ford plans to bring a plug-in electric Fusion to market in the fall of 2012 as a 2013. There currently isn't another vehicle like the Chevrolet Volt on sale in Canada.
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