According to General Motors Co. engineers, real-world tests show that General Motors Co.'s rechargeable electric car can travel 40 miles on battery power as promised. Engineers are testing six Chevrolet Volts that recently were made on a Detroit assembly line, driving them at the company's proving ground and on roads around Detroit.
The automaker still has a “few things to tweak” with the car, including computer software and controls, but the Volt is on schedule for full production in November, said Andrew Farah, the car's chief engineer. The Volt, which has a 1.4-liter gas engine that kicks on when the batteries are depleted, is due in showrooms in December.
Farah said he got 41.5 miles and 42.5 miles on his last two electric cycles of the Volt, which he said were under normal driving conditions. “I'm not speeding. I'm not taking it particularly easy either, because I'm driving the way I would normally drive,” he said.
The car will get about 50 miles per gallon when the gas engine turns on to generate electricity to power the electric motor. The range will depend on weather, terrain, and driving habits and can vary 20 percent up and down. The Volt will have a lower range when the batteries have to heat the passenger compartment in colder climate.
Engineers said the gasoline engine will add more than 300 miles to the Volt's range, but they wouldn't say how many gallons the gas tank will hold. Under both full-electric and gasoline engine power, the car will get about 230 miles per gallon under U.S. Government standards, the company says.
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