What's Wrong With This Picture: Chevy Volt Gets An EPA Label Edition

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  • Stevelovescars Stevelovescars on Nov 24, 2010

    If it's like the EV1, the car will not shift out of Park if it's plugged in. I think the sticker is an excellent compromise and explains things clearly. Consider the Volt hauling around the extra weight of the backup charging system, 93 MPGe vs. 99 for the Leaf seems pretty darned good. I assume that this is some calculation of kilowatts of energy used to propel the car a given distance, so it equalizes for different sized battery packs between different makes of EV.

  • Carve Carve on Nov 25, 2010

    Wow! 36 kwh/100mi / 93 mpge is phenomonal, considering it's hauling around a whole 2nd drive train. Of course, I guess that's in lieu of enough batteries to go 3-4x as far. Still- the electric efficiency is almost as good as the Leaf's And DOUBLE WOW (double wow- all the way)- the sticker also gives gallons per 100 miles! That's a much more practical way to compare vehicle efficiency at the wallet than mpg. Great way to transition this measure to all cars. Never thought I'd say it, but way to go, EPA! You DO need to have city/hwy for both fuels though.

  • Adrian Adrian on Nov 25, 2010

    Uh-oh - someone at EPA screwed up: Nissan Leaf: "Cost estimates are based on 15,000 miles per year at 12 cents per kW-hr." Chevy Volt: "Cost estimates are based on 15,000 miles per year at $3.20 per gallon and 11 cents per kW-hr." I hope that's not blatant favouritism...

  • Segfault Segfault on Nov 25, 2010

    What's wrong with the picture? It doesn't get a 230-MPG rating as promised.

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