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The Chevy Volt.Is the GM Volt Electric Car THE Car of the Future?The Chevy Volt is a new electric car on sale now in the USA (and as the Opel Ampera in Europe by sometime in 2012). From what I see it looks great - and a great concept! It’s not all-electric but I’ll forgive that as it looks like a serious car and could be a great gateway for people into the electric way of mind!What is it exactly? The Chevrolet Volt is a new car which they call an extended-range electric car. This means that it is basically like the plug in hybrids which are cars that run on batteries that you can charge with a plug and also have an internal combustion engine. The difference with this car is that only when the battery runs out does it switch to an internal combustion engine which recharges the battery. When it’s charged past a certain point the engine switches off again so it acts like a generator instead of actually moving the wheels itself. It can also run on E85 (85% ethanol, 15% petrol) or any mixture of those fuels (like most cars in Brazil and Sweden) which is available in the USA and, believe it or not, Ireland! Is it any good? 
They claim the Chevrolet Volt can travel up to 60 km on its battery charge before the internal combustion engine kicks in to give you a full 500 km range.
In my opinion it’s definitely a step up from a normal hybrid.
It travels 60 km on pure electricity which is just as good as some smaller all electric powered cars ability and still covers most
people’s daily commute.
This is great as it conquers most people’s fear of running out of electricity and being confined to only driving certain distances.
Many people will then end up using all electricity most days and then the internal combustion engine at the weekends maybe for longer trips.
The Chevrolet Volt also has a claimed top speed of 160 km/h and acceleration of 0-100 km/h in 9 seconds which is doing alright for a family sized car.
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