Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2012

coal, hydro, natural gas) on well-to-wheel (WTW) energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). C1 is shorter than C2, which is shorter than C3). Among their findings were: Regardless of the charging scenario, total energy use of the PHEV is lowest for the city driving patterns (C1?C3)

PHEV 210

PHEV C1 Emissions Coal 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2010

During the serial media launch events for the Chevrolet Volt, GM provided more detail (subsequent to the completion of related patent work) on the novel drive architecture applied in their first extended range electric vehicle to enhance the efficiency of both the battery electric and extended-range driving modes. Click to enlarge.

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Extended Range Volt Motor Motors 344

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2015

A fifth paper presented at the World Congress assessed one year of in-use operating data from first-generation Chevrolet Volt and projected the performance of the second generation.). Clutches are OWC1, C1 and B1. 2015) “Chevrolet Volt Electric Utilization,” SAE Int. Key design goals included: Increased all-electric range.

Volt 150

Volt GM 2016 Extended Range 150