The Volt is coming, the Volt is coming, which is your favorite Hybrid?

I found some great information on the new Chevy Volt and wanted to share it.  Most of these "tidbits" came from a video that Translogic put out where they dug into a lot of the specifics of the operation of this new vehicle and put the car to the test as well at the General Motors Milford Proving Ground.  If you would like to see the full video, you can watch it here.  Also, their website is located at http://www.translogic.aolautos.com/

So here are some interesting facts about the Volt from this video.

• Charging will happen right from a standard household outlet in about 10 to 12 hours.  Customers can opt for a 240 volt charging station that will do it in about 4 hours.  It even has a mobile app for the iphone to allow you to schedule when you want the car charged and a whole bunch of other things like remote start from anywhere, sweet!
• The Volt has 4 different vehicle modes for different types of driving, Eco, Normal, Sport, and Mountain modes to optimize fuel economy.  During the video they were able to get about 100 mpg for the entire drive time and about 27 mpg while the gas powered generator was running.
• The Volt ran a 0-60 time of 8.53 seconds which is pretty impressive for an electric vehicle.
• They spoke quite a bit about the balance of the Volt, even though this isn't a sports car it has a sporty feel to it and is a lot of fun to drive. 

These are going to start hitting showroom floors this year but depending on where you live (like me in Idaho) you and I probably won't see one for quite some time.  Maybe next year if we are lucky.  If you get a chance though, take it.  This is going to turn out to be a pretty amazing car.

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