Breaking news! Chevy volt technically driven by gas engine!

[theholycow]

As I understand, it will only run the gas engine when it's being driven. Parking in a garage ought to be fine.

It won't be entirely wasted. It will surely offset some battery usage when it runs.

[dieselbenz]

I think I use 9 gallons a year just revving the engine at stop lights to scare the **** out of pedestrians.

[pgfpro]

Well it looks like I will be able to test drive the Volt sometime in December.

Two of my customers bought Volts and have already put in 240v plug in stations at home and their work.

The other thing I can't wait to see is that both of these will be tested in a mountain terrain area.

[pgfpro]

One thing I don't understand is how inefficient this car is when the ICE is enabled. Its truly pathetic!!! Is it the engine... drive train or something else that makes this thing a fuel hog!!!

Its great for a short commute while in electric mode but if you need to go on longer trip more then 50 miles you might as well take another vehicle and leave this over priced inefficient car at home.

[GasSavers_GasUser]

Originally Posted by pgfpro

One thing I don't understand is how inefficient this car is when the ICE is enabled. Its truly pathetic!!! Is it the engine... drive train or something else that makes this thing a fuel hog!!!

Its great for a short commute while in electric mode but if you need to go on longer trip more then 50 miles you might as well take another vehicle and leave this over priced inefficient car at home.

I for one would like to see an unbiased and real world write up of the pro's and con's of the volt and how it performs under 2 different modes.

1) Drive it like you stole it pedal to the metal and see how it would do in the worst possible case scenario.

2) Drive it normally.

[pgfpro]

I have jump the gun and made accusations based on the information that is available at this time. I will retract my last post and let GM disappoint me in the way they intended... a few months later from now.

[dieselbenz]

The 127mpg in real world driving sounds pretty good to me. I wish my car did that.

[dieselbenz]

Where are you getting your 'inefficient fuel hog' data exactly? Citation?

[GasSavers_JoeBob]

I don't see what all the fuss is about...everybody's descriptions of the "defects" in the Volt sound pretty much like what I heard about before its introduction described as its "features". Why were they so wonderful then and horrible now? Still seems like it'll run rings around the average car...

[dieselbenz]

From the above link:

Turns out, they had got that 127 mpg figure over the course of three days, driving 214 miles in EV mode and just 84 miles in “charge sustaining” mode. To me, that is just not an accurate representation of real world mpg, because in reality the Volt got 36 mpg, not 127 mpg.

LOL ok, I guess this guy is entitled to this opinion, no matter how wrong it is. How is this not real world driving? Does he expect the owner of a volt to never charge the car? Please. He goes on to say.

It represents what one might consider a “real world” commute.

No sh!t sherlock. That was the whole point of the original article.

I don't know what the whole uproar is about. Its a 3700lb car that gets 36mpg in the worst case scenario and well over 100mpg in the best. Show me another production car that can do better? You have the leaf and maybe the tesla. Thats it.