9

Jul

GM dropping Volt’s range from 600 to 360 miles

Posted by admin  Published in GM

The gas tank in the Chevy Volt is probably the least interesting thing about GM’s hybrid concept, but it’s causing some waves nowadays, with reports that GM is trimming it in size, effectively dropping the vehicle’s range from 600 miles to some 360. Apparently GM found that consumers rarely travel more than 40 miles a day (the range of the Volt’s battery pack) and that longer trips didn’t require a 600 mile range considering “most bladders can’t go 600 miles” — so cutting down the

12-gallon fuel tank saves weight and cost. certain, we can see that — most of our cars can only go 300 or so miles before needing gas — but it certain seems like the Volt is going from marvel of hybrid technology to just another hybrid in a much cooler skin.

[Via Autoblog]

Original post by Nilay Patel

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Netvouz
  • DZone
  • ThisNext
  • MisterWong
  • Wists
  • Fark
  • Furl
  • Netscape
  • NewsVine
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon

Related Articles

No user responded in this post

Subscribe to this post comment rss or trackback url
Leave A Reply

 Username (*required)

 Email Address (*private)

 Website (*optional)

Please Note: Comment moderation maybe active so there is no need to resubmit your comments