02-15-2011, 07:39 AM
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1 of 14 Volt Owners/Claims 110 MPG Over 3 Months of Driving
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GM-Volt.com blogger Dr. Lyle Dennis, who in November was one of 14 people to receive Chevrolet Volts to test drive as part of General Motors' consumer advisory board for the plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle, said he got about 110 miles per gallon during the three months he had the car.
Dennis burned 46 gallons of gas for the 5,100 miles he put on the car between Nov. 11, 2010, and Feb. 9, 2011. He said his average daily commute was about 60 miles and his typical range in electric-only mode was between 25 miles and 30 miles under what he called "intensive high-speed highway driving through some particularly harsh Northeast winter conditions."
"Acceleration was sufficiently energetic and the car always outperformed the basic sedans of the road passing and entering highways with ease," wrote Dennis, whose previous electric-drive experience included some time with BMW's Mini E all-electric vehicle in 2009 and 2010.
Dennis's experience may help potential Volt buyers get a handle on the Volt's fuel-economy figure, which is truly a moving target because gas mileage is solely dependent on the distance travelled between battery recharges.
In December, the EPA gave the Volt a fuel-economy rating of 60 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving, with a 93 miles per gallon equivalent (mpg-e) rating in electric-only mode and a 37 mpg rating for gas-powered driving.
The car has a driving range of 379 miles before both the battery and gas engine are depleted, said EPA, which gave Nissan's all-electric Leaf an mpg-e rating of 99 miles per gallon, making it the most "fuel-efficient" car on the road.
In December, Consumer Reports said the Volt got about 60 miles per gallon when used for a 72-mile, mostly-highway commute. When that commute was extended to 200 miles, though, the Volt delivered about 48 miles per gallon, or the same as the EPA-rated highway fuel economy for the Toyota Prius hybrid.
Dennis, who launched the site in early 2007 to document the development of GM's first mass-produced plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle and is an advocate of electric-drive vehicles, said that he doesn’t receive financial support from GM to publish the blog and that it's unaffiliated with the automaker, though GM does advertise on the site.
It should also be noted that Dennis is probably the Volt's biggest fan outside of General Motors, given that he's rallied thousands of people on the vehicle's behalf and blogs about it daily. His influence and body of work on behalf of the Volt have enabled him to tour GM facilities and meet with the company's top executives.
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http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradv...he-hybrid.html
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