![]() The Volt has a Voltec electric drive system with a 16-kWh lithium ion battery pack and a 1.4-liter gasoline-powered range extender engine that puts power to the battery pack to run the car, not to the drive wheels. By the way, we were easily able to get well over 100 MPGe around town, and a total combined average of about 53 MPG. No need to have two vehicles in the house, just one with both options-an around-town EV and long range runner. You can use it as an urban dweller, moving around town solely on electricity, or you could jaunt out of town or even drive it across the country, if you so choose. This yields an EPA fuel economy rating of 98 combined MPGe (all electric mode) and 38 MPG combined on gas alone. ![]() After it depletes the battery charge, the Volt uses a gasoline-powered engine as a generator that sustains the battery charge enough to give the car 382 miles of range. For starters, for the first 38 or so miles (on a full charge), it operates on pure electric juice-a true EV. This fully loaded Volt is very different from other vehicles, actually. But it's also not your run-of-the mill car. The Chevy Volt doesn't jump out at you and scream, "Look at me! I'm a hybrid!" It has interesting body lines, modern touches everywhere, and all the accoutrements you’d want in a vehicle. ![]() The 2013 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid is not a boring car. Yes on reading a review on another hybrid vehicle, but definitely no on the yawn part.
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