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Wednesday August 12, 2009 10:15 am
Chevy Volt’s 230 MPG too good to be true
Maybe I’m just getting sick of seeing those ads with the smiley-faced electrical outlet, but I figured that the 230 MPG touted for the Volt seemed a little too good to be true.
As it turns out, someone at Chevrolet is playing with numbers. According to DVICE:
Essentially, the Volt can drive 40 miles on battery power before kicking in the gas engine. So if you drive 10 miles, you’ll get infinite miles per gallon. If you drive 50 miles, you’ll get 250 miles per gallon. But if you drive 300 miles, you’ll be down to 62.5 miles per gallon.
This is hardly 230 MPG. Would the electrical outlet be frowning if it knew the real truth?
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Comments:
Isn’t there also an issue with the shelf-life (tank-life?) of gas, in that it may go “bad” if you only use the electrical part of the engine? Not sure I’m convinced that this product will be as good as planned…
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Some people, like you it seems, choose to find negative in all things. It is sad that you cannot even recognize the good and see that 62 mpg is awesome! Chevrolet never tried to hide the math that arrived at the 230 you seem to be so upset with. They stated that it is based on the fact that the majoritive portion of drivers commute 40 miles or less. I know this as I remember thinking that I had to adjust the equation as I commute 50 miles a day.
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