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Its E-Flex propulsion system can be adapted to use bioethanol fuel or have a diesel engine or a hydrogen fuel cell as the generator of electricity.

The Volt, which has a top speed of 120mph and accelerates from 0-60mph in 8.5 seconds, can run for 40 miles on electric power. Thereafter the petrol engine is started automatically and runs at a constant speed to recharge the batteries.

essentially a modified Chevy Cobalt

E-Flex drive system consists of a small three-cylinder gas engine, a 53-kilowatt generator and a long lithium-ion battery pack that forms a spine down the center of the car’s floor. The battery supplies electricity for the 120-kilowatt (160 horsepower) motor that drives the car’s front wheels. Has twin six-gallon gas tanks. charging the battery from a 30 percent level would take about a half-hour while under way and up to 6.5 hours when plugged into a standard 15-amp household outlet.

He said the company’s next-generation compact-car platform, due in 2009, had been designed to accept an E-Flex battery pack, generator and related hardware.

run at 70 mph for up to 640 miles while consuming only 12.8 gallons of gas to fuel the generator,

News

• 2007.01.06 - Chevy Volt/Saturn Vue Are Start of Plug-In Hybrid Race--PHEV Concept
  • 2007.01.07 - GM Introduces E-Flex Electric Vehicle System; Chevrolet Volt the First Application
• 2007.01.06 - London Times/Times/Detroit News/LA Times/Wired/GreenCarCongress on
  • 2007.01.07 - GM unveils electric car
  • 2007.01.06 - Volt takes full-electric car concept to next level
  • 2007.01.07 - All the Technology Needed for 100 M.P.G. (Batteries Not Included)
  • 2007.01.06 - Return trip for electric vehicles Carmakers are set to unveil plans this week. A GM model owes much to the pioneering EV1.
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