Gas Mileage Ace » car http://www.gasmileageace.com Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:10:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Hurry Up General Motors Release the Volt! http://www.gasmileageace.com/chevy-volt-electric-ca/ http://www.gasmileageace.com/chevy-volt-electric-ca/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:06:37 +0000 Car Dude http://www.gasmileageace.com/?p=419 chevy volt electric carWell now the GM is on the cusp of bankruptcy and financial ruin…..they have announced the release of the long awaited Chevrolet Volt.  Will it be here in time to save GM?  Of course not!  The slated release date for this new generation of hybrid isn’t until 2011.  What’s the deal with that? GM had the EV1 electric car back in the 1990’s and it is only now that they are coming up with a half gas half electric hybrid car.  The American population has been scooping up every hybrid in sight for years now.  It this kind of foot dragging that has gotten GM into this mess in the first place.

Chevrolet Volt powerplantWhat make the Chevrolet Volt a cool car is that it can run totally on battery power for up to 40 miles.  This satisfies the normal daily commute of most of us.  After 40 miles a gas engine kicks in to get you to your destination.  So really even though this is a hybrid car; the Volt can be considered an electric car for short daily trips.  Bummer is you would have to plug in this car in order to recharge it…which is actually true to form of an electric car.  The Volt will have regenerative breaking, and once the batteries are recharged to a preset level; the gas engine will shut off and the electric engine will again resume.  There are still many factors yet to be set in stone regarding emission of fuel consumption.  But odds are these numbers will be low for emissions and high at least above 50 Miles per gallon when the gas engine is running.   The Volt platform will be the basis

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