Chevy Volt Gets 127 MPG in Real World Driving
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Motor Trend’s Jonny Lieberman has subjected the upcoming 2011 Chevy Volt to serious real-world testing and came up with pleasing news. After 299 miles on the road, the Volt’s fuel consumption was only 2.36 gallons. This gives the Volt a fuel efficiency of a whopping 127 miles per gallon–five times better than most automobiles.
As the Chevy Volt is a plug-in hybrid, there exists no clear standards on how exactly to compute for mileage. Consider the fact that for the first 40 miles per charge, the Volt runs solely on its electric motor. The 1.4-Liter engine kicks in after 40 miles of travel, and it serves dual purposes of charging the car’s battery (below 70 MPH) and directly engaging the wheels for higher-performance driving (past 70 MPH). The Chevy Volt’s 40-mile battery-only run is designed based on GM’s research that 75% of Americans only commute 33 miles per day.
Lieberman’s journey included driving the plug-in hybrid through several road conditions, including a 102 MPH run with the airconditioning on.
The Chevy Volt is a plug-in hybrid, meaning it is typically recharged by plugging into a 120 to 240 Volt power outlet. The car is set to launch as a 2011 model by November of 2010.
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Just curious,
My current car get about 25 miles per gallon.
I drive an average of 2000 miles per month
The price per gallon of gas is $2.87 currently where I live.
My current monthly expense in gas is about: $229.60 With the Volt it would be $ 45.20
Saving about $184.40 per month
Is there any formula to calculate exactly what my saving would be?
I did not add the electric charges, batteries cost and any hidden cost if any.
It would be interesting to be able to reduce that saving from the monthly payment of the Volt.
Obviously with the Volt the more your drive the more you save!
Thank you
The volts gasoline engine never charges the battery, it only drives the generator that powers the electric motor. On a long trip the car arrives with the battery dead as a door nail.
The Volt never discharges the battery as dead as a door nail. It starts the GAS engine when the battery gets down around 30% of full charge. Then it only uses the power from the battery when it is needed for things like accelration and climbing hills and recharges back to 30% when it has extra Gas engine power available. Fully Discharging the battery would serverly shorten its life. Chevy has designed the vehicle to maintain 100mph continously going up and down mountains by merging the power from the Traction motor and Gas engine as needed.
We need to know more details about this 299 mile trip. Was it a single drive or was the battery recharged overnight? There are too many facts missing from this one-sided story.