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From time to time, makers of hybrids and pure-electric vehicles all like to mention how much gasoline fuel their cars saved over the years in comparison with regular models, and General Motors is no different.
- Gm Claims Volt Owners Seeing Up To 1,000 Miles Range Without Filling Up
General Motors says owners of the Volt are driving up to 1,000 miles (1,610 kilometers) before they need to fill up. “A sample of our early Volt customers suggest that they drive 1,000 miles before they fill up the gas tank,†Tony Posawatz,...
- Chevy Volt Rated At 93mpg On Electric, 60mpg In Hybrid Mode And 37mpg On Gasoline
The official fuel economy numbers for GM's long-awaited Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid are in. Given that the Volt uses two energy sources, electricity from the grid, and gasoline from the pump, with the mix depending on how far you drive and how...
- 2013 Chevrolet Volt Real World Electric Range And Fuel Economy Testing
We don't all feel the need to justify the pizza we ordered last night or the latte you bought this morning at Starbucks, or for that matter, the new Honda CR-V your neighbours just leased. And although I wish to take a stand against the bizarre...
- Lexus Ls600hl Vs Mercedes-benz S400 Hybrid Vs Bmw 7 Activehybrid - Are The Savings Real?
Lexus created the luxury hybrid craze, if a craze is what you'd call the media's appetite for super-expensive vehicles with mediocre fuel efficiency. Like Chrysler with the minivan trend or the Ford Explorer with SUVs, being there at (or near)...
- Chevrolet Says The Volt Is A 230mpg Car
This just in: General Motors hypothesizes, with the help of "a draft EPA federal fuel economy methodology for labeling for plug-in electric vehicles", the Chevrolet Volt of 2011 will sip just one gallon of gasoline for every 230 miles of city driving....
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GM Claims Volt Owners Have Collectively Saved a Supertanker of Fuel Since EV went on Sale
From time to time, makers of hybrids and pure-electric vehicles all like to mention how much gasoline fuel their cars saved over the years in comparison with regular models, and General Motors is no different.
The Michigan-based carmaker did its math and discovered that ever since the Chevrolet Volt went on sale at the end of 2010, owners of the plug-in hybrid electric car have collectively saved a supertanker of gasoline after driving 40 million miles (64 million kilometers) on electricity and avoiding the use of more than 2.1 million gallons (8 million liters) of gasoline.
Read more »- Gm Claims Volt Owners Seeing Up To 1,000 Miles Range Without Filling Up
General Motors says owners of the Volt are driving up to 1,000 miles (1,610 kilometers) before they need to fill up. “A sample of our early Volt customers suggest that they drive 1,000 miles before they fill up the gas tank,†Tony Posawatz,...
- Chevy Volt Rated At 93mpg On Electric, 60mpg In Hybrid Mode And 37mpg On Gasoline
The official fuel economy numbers for GM's long-awaited Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid are in. Given that the Volt uses two energy sources, electricity from the grid, and gasoline from the pump, with the mix depending on how far you drive and how...
- 2013 Chevrolet Volt Real World Electric Range And Fuel Economy Testing
We don't all feel the need to justify the pizza we ordered last night or the latte you bought this morning at Starbucks, or for that matter, the new Honda CR-V your neighbours just leased. And although I wish to take a stand against the bizarre...
- Lexus Ls600hl Vs Mercedes-benz S400 Hybrid Vs Bmw 7 Activehybrid - Are The Savings Real?
Lexus created the luxury hybrid craze, if a craze is what you'd call the media's appetite for super-expensive vehicles with mediocre fuel efficiency. Like Chrysler with the minivan trend or the Ford Explorer with SUVs, being there at (or near)...
- Chevrolet Says The Volt Is A 230mpg Car
This just in: General Motors hypothesizes, with the help of "a draft EPA federal fuel economy methodology for labeling for plug-in electric vehicles", the Chevrolet Volt of 2011 will sip just one gallon of gasoline for every 230 miles of city driving....