All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2019 and/or its affiliates. Any explanation or help would be great thanks. Does this seem normal or will the overall gas range change and improve with more gas driving I just expected to have around a 350-360 mile range for gas. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. I just got a 2015 Chevy Volt and topped the gas off and my gas range is only showing 234 miles with a full tank. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Starting at 34,095 8 / 10 C/D RATING Specs Photos Chevrolet Select a year 2019 2018 2017 Highs Smooth and efficient powertrain, good ride and handling, excellent infotainment system. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc.2019. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. And GM says the engine has also been tuned to provide better driving performance. The new electric drive system, which includes the electric motors and gears, also weighs about 100 pounds less. The 2016 Volt will use smaller, lighter battery packs that store more energy than those in today's Volt. Owners can often drive to work and back, for instance, and charge the car overnight without using any gas. That's because even 38 miles - let alone the 53 miles the new car will provide - is already more than most people drive on a typical day. For comparison, a non-hybrid Honda Civic gets about 33 miles per gallon combined.Įven owners of the current Volt model often go weeks or months without refilling the gas tank, according to GM ( GM) and Volt owner Web sites. The result is that the Volt is now certified to go 53 miles on electricity alone (up from 38 miles for the 2015 model) before the new, larger 1.5-liter gasoline engine kicks in to keep it going. It carries a bank of lithium-ion batteries underneath as its primary fuel source. 2015 Chevrolet Volt 2015 Chevrolet Volt: What You Need to Know. That's up from 37 miles per gallon for the current Volt. 2015 More Photos The Chevy Volt is what GM calls a 'extended-range electric' vehicle. The Chevy Volt is a hybrid electric plug-in vehicle that is EPA-rated for either 38 or 53 miles of all electric range when new, depending on model year. When the new Volt is powered by the gasoline engine it will get about 42 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving. Vauxhall has revealed to Auto Express in the past that the new Volt won't form the basis of a new Ampera - the first-generation Volt's sister car.Even then, there will still be notable improvements. With Chevrolet pulling out of Europe, the UK won't be seeing this new Volt despite its improved green credentials. 50 customers told us new Volt had to have better acceleration and better efficiency - and we believe we've done that."Ĭhevy also showed off the Bolt EV concept - a Honda Jazz-sized electric vehicle concept. Volt owners average more than 970 miles between fill-ups and they drive on battery power 80 per cent of the time. Still officially rated at 38 miles of electric range and 98 MPGe in EV mode, the 2015 Chevrolet Volt obviously will exceed the given range thanks to the increased battery capacity. The interior also gains a much-needed fifth seat for added practicality, as well as the latest generation of infotainment and cabin tech.Īlan Batey, senior vice president of Chevrolet North America said: "Volt is the US's best-selling plug-in car and two thirds of owners are new to the brand. There's a new look too - the 2016 Volt has a smoother and more slippery shape and is a step away from the angular, quirky-looking previous-generation Volt.
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