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Longer Battery Range for the Chevrolet Volt—maybe
More about the Chevrolet Volt: The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Chevrolet may now market the Volt as having a 50-mile travel range on its lithium-ion batteries before the gasoline engine takes over. In The Car Exam’s “The Car Exam Examines Electric Cars, Part 3,” (posted yesterday) I noted that the Volt’s battery range is 40 miles. As of this writing (9/24/10), it still states as such on the Chevrolet Volt section of the Chevrolet website. The Detroit Free Press article also states that marketing of the 50-mile plateau will depend upon E.P.A. testing, as well as its yet-to-be determined method of how to label the fuel economy figures on electric vehicles.
Source: The Detroit Free Press (http://www.freep.com/article/20100923/BUSINESS01/100923073/1002/BUSINESS/Chevy-may-say-Volt-has-longer-battery-powered-range-) 9/23/10
Another free entry day at U.S. National Parks!
Do you want something fun to do this first weekend of Fall? Saturday, September 25 is Public Lands Day—and also a “fee-free entrance day” at over 100 national parks throughout the United States! Go to this web address to find out more information: http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm Enjoy!
Source: The National Park Service (http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm) 9/24/10
Look out for Part 4 of “The Car Exam Examines Electric Cars,” coming soon!
P. Scott
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