General Motors
Chevrolet Volt charging electric vehicles should drive 230 miles per gallon of gas in the city, more than four times the current champion Toyota Prius, said Tuesday.
Volt is powered by electric motors and battery packs with 40-mile range.
After that, a small internal combustion engine started generating electricity with a total mileage of 300 miles.
Battery packs can be charged from standard home outlets.
General proposed 230-
Miles map in earlier tests using the draft US guidelinesS.
Tony posawa, GM's Volt's vehicle line director, said the Environmental Protection Agency is calculating the mileage of the increased electric vehicle.
If this number is confirmed by EPA, EPA has tested the mileage on the new door sticker, and Volt will be the first car more than three times
Posawatz said the mileage of gasoline.
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GM has produced about 30 Volts so far, producing 10 Volts a week, CEO Fritz Henderson said as he presented the vehicle at the company's technology center in Warren, a suburb of Detroit.
Henderson says it costs about 40 cents a day to charge.
"The EPA tag can and will change our rules of the game," he said . ".
Most car manufacturers are using similar plugs.
In terms of design, but GM may be the leader of Volt, which will be available in the showroom by the end of 2010.
Toyota Prius is the most efficient car currently sold in the United States. S.
48 miles per gallonIt is a gas-
Electric hybrid running on a battery-assisted small internal combustion engine
Electric motor that saves gasoline.
"The battery capacity that excites you --
I mean, it's exciting.
"EPA fuel economy figures are priced," Nerad told Axelrod . ". The first-
The Volt generation is expected to cost nearly $40,000, which makes it cost-
Even if the price of gasoline goes back to $4 a gallon, many people are discouraged.
Prices are expected to drop as the voltage goes on, but GM says government tax credits and fuel savings could make prices fall
Effective, especially 230 miles per gallon.
"We are a little cautious about trying to predict what the fuel price will do," Posawatz said . ".
"We have reached that number and if fuel prices go up, it will become more attractive even in the near future
"A Generation," he said.
Volt is not without some PR issues, according to Axelrod.
A pbs worker found a Volt in the middle.
Collapsed last year.
Posawatz says the numbers for combined highway and city/highway miles for Volt have not been calculated yet.
He said that the total mileage will also reach three digits, but both the total mileage and the highway will be worse than the city because the engine will run more on longer highways.
The EPA Guide, which was developed with input from automakers, points out that cars like Volt will have more direct electricity in the city than the highway.
If a person is driving at a voltage of less than 40 miles, they can theoretically not use gasoline.
Posawatz said that with the improvement of the guidelines and the further development of Volt in the manufacturing process, mileage numbers may vary.
General Motors is building about 80 V voltage, looks and behaves like a production model, and testing is going on as planned, Posawatz said.
He said that the two key areas of electronic switching between battery life and battery and engine power are still being perfected, but the car will arrive at the exhibition hall as scheduled by the end of 2010.
GM is simulating tests to ensure new lithium
The ion battery can be used for 10 years, says Posawatz.
"We go further, but we still have a long way to go from home," he said . ".
"We are developing a knowledge base about all this stuff.
Our confidence is growing.
"Another area of new technology that switches between battery and engine power goes well, and he says engineers are doing a good job --
Tuning operation.
"We are very happy with the transition from electric vehicles (electric vehicles) to engine and generator start-up," he said, adding that GM is still working on the power cord, which is durable enough, can survive after being knocked down by a car.
Volt will install software on board so it can be programmed to start and end charging during shutdown, he said
Peak time of electricity.
Chrysler Limited, Ford Motor Company
Daimler is developing plugs.
And Toyota Motor.
Developing a plugin
Its gas version
Electric hybrid system
Nissan Motor Company
Last month it announced it would start selling electric vehicles in Japan and the United States. S. next year.