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Chevrolet Volt owners surpass half a billion electric miles; 63% of overall driving in EV mode

Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2014

Additionally, based on a GM study of more than 300 Volts in service in California for more than 30 months, many owners are exceeding the EPA-rated label of 35 miles of EV range per full charge, with about 15% surpassing 40 miles of range. Volt owners are doing more than 63% of their overall driving in EV mode.

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Volt Chevrolet Miles Idaho

National Labs Developing Methodology for Estimating Real World Fuel and Electricity Consumption of Plug-in Hybrids Based on Dynamometer Data

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

NREL’s proposed adjustment method assumes that the increase in gasoline use during CD mode is the same as the increase calculated for CS mode. Current rules for conventional vehicles do not work for plug-in hybrids because the vehicles run on both electricity and gasoline; industry debate centers on the rules for estimating miles per gallon.

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Chevrolet Volt owners surpass half a billion electric miles; 63% of overall driving in EV mode

National Labs Developing Methodology for Estimating Real World Fuel and Electricity Consumption of Plug-in Hybrids Based on Dynamometer Data

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