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| 2012 Chevrolet Volt |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Volt |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Volt |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Volt |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Volt |
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| 2012 Chevrolet Volt |
Chevrolet Volt review car in my driveway as a personal challenge. My goal: Use the Volt for a week without burning a drop of gasoline. Not one drop. I succeeded.
The car was delivered from Boston with the lithium-ion battery pack completely discharged. The Volt uses its battery to power its electric drive unit. Fully charged, the battery should take you between 25 to 50 miles. The best I managed was 42 miles on one trip, with some battery life left when I arrived home.
Once the battery power is gone, the 1.4-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine starts. But this engine does not drive the Volt directly, as is the case in most hybrids. Instead, it spins a generator that delivers electricity to the electric drive unit. I plugged the Volt into standard 120-volt AC outlet. Ten hours and 13.52 kilowatt hours later, the battery was fully charged.
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