Chevy Volt to get 230 mpg!
Here’s a car with good gas mileage. The new rechargeable electric car, the Chevy Volt, will supposedly be getting 230 miles per gallon in city driving according to General Motors. The Chevy Volt will be powered by an electric motor and a battery pack with a 40-mile range. After the 40 miles, a small combustion engine will kick in and give electricity for a total of 300 miles.
The EPA guidelines have figured that cars like the Chevy Volt will travel more on straight electricity in the city than on the highway. Therefore in theory, a person could drive the Volt at less than 40 miles, they could go without using gasoline. Who knows if this is really true, but according to the theories it should work. The highway mileage of the Chevy Volt has yet to be determined. The GM CEO, Fritz Henderson, is confident that the highway mileage will be triple-digits as well. The EPA, who actually determines the fuel economy that is written on the car stickers, has not tested the Chevy Volt’s gas mileage. I guess we’ll have to wait and see what the “official” fuel economy is for the Chevy Volt, but you have to think that it won’t be off by too much. That’s an exciting standard that GM will be setting in the triple digits!