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In a January 2011 interview, the Chevy Volt's Global Chief Engineer, Pamela Fletcher, referred to the Volt as 'an electric car with extended range.' Īccording to the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) definitions, the Volt is a plug-in hybrid vehicle due to the combination of an internal combustion engine and two electric motors, along with a battery that can accept off-board energy. Instead General Motors describes the Volt as an electric vehicle equipped with a 'range extending' gasoline-powered internal combustion engine (ICE) as a genset and therefore dubbed the Volt an 'Extended Range Electric Vehicle' or E-REV. Normal driving there is no contribution and the car runs all electric. This contribution from the gas engine is only at high speeds. The Society of Automotive Engineers' (SAE) definition of a hybrid vehicle states that the vehicle shall have ' two or more energy storage systems both of which must provide propulsion power, either together or independently.' General Motors has avoided the use of the term 'hybrid' when describing its Voltec designs, even after the carmaker revealed that in some cases the combustion engine provided some assist at very high speeds.

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The Volt has won several awards, including the 2009 Green Car Vision Award, 2011 Green Car of the Year, 2011 North American Car of the Year, 2011 World Green Car, 2012 European Car of the Year, and 2016 Green Car of the Year.īasic powertrain configuration of a series hybrid vehicle, one of the two possible modes of the Chevrolet Volt when operated as range-extender vehicle and Canada began in October 2015 as a 2016 model year. Deliveries to retail customers in the U.S. The second-generation Volt's improved battery system and drivetrain increased the all-electric range to 53 miles (85 km), its EPA-rated fuel economy in charge-sustaining mode to 42 mpg ‑US (5.6 L/100 km 50 mpg ‑imp), and the combined city/highway fuel economy in all-electric mode to 106 MPG-e, up from 98 MPG-e. Under the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cycle, the 2013‍–‍15 model year Volt all-electric range is 38 mi (61 km), with a combined electric mode/gasoline-only rating of 62 mpg ‑US (3.8 L/100 km 74 mpg ‑imp) equivalent (MPG equivalent). The Volt's regenerative braking also contributes to the on-board electricity generation.

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In rare circumstances, such as speeds in excess of 80 mph (129 km/h) or the need for quick acceleration for high-speed passing on the highway, if it reaches maximum output of the electric motors, the engine may briefly be mechanically linked (by a clutch) to a generator set, adding a 10% to 15% boost in power to the drive train and improve energy efficiency. From there, its internal combustion engine powers an electric generator to extend the vehicle's range as needed.

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The Volt operates as a pure battery electric vehicle until its battery capacity drops to a predetermined threshold from full charge. As of December 2019, the Chevrolet Volt is listed as the all-time top-selling plug-in hybrid in the American market. Until December 2018, the Volt/Ampera family of vehicles was the world's all-time best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle. Just over 10,000 Opel/Vauxhall Ampera cars had been sold in Europe as of June 2016. is the leading market, with 157,054 Volts delivered through the end of 2019, followed by Canada with 16,653 Volts sold through September 2018. Global combined Volt/Ampera-family sales totaled about 177,000 units by the end of October 2018. Sales of the 2011 Volt began in the United States in mid-December 2010, followed by various European countries and other international markets in 2011. The Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in hybrid manufactured by General Motors, also marketed in rebadged variants as the Holden Volt in Australia and New Zealand and the Buick Velite 5 in China, and with a different fascia as the Vauxhall Ampera in the United Kingdom and as the Opel Ampera in the remainder of Europe.