2016 Chevrolet Volt First Drive: Plug-In Hybrid Home Run - Green Car Reports
The all-new 2016 Chevrolet Volt is just about here, and it builds on all of its predecessor's virtues while resolving most of that car's vices. It's got a lot more electric range--53 miles--and at 42 miles per gallon, it's more fuel-efficient on those rare occasions when the range-extending engine comes on. The new Chevy Volt is smoother, faster, quieter, considerably better-looking (in... DON'T MISS: 2016 Chevrolet Volt - full review. We worry most about GM's ability to explain what the Volt is, why it's better than other plug-in hybrids, and how it blends the benefits of all-electric drive with the security of a range-extending engine when you need it. Marketing for the... If it hopes to keep the Volt at the top of the plug-in sales chart as its 200-mile, $37,500 Chevy Bolt EV electric car looms, GM had better do some smart, thoughtful, memorable, and effective marketing. ALSO SEE: 2016 Chevrolet Volt Powertrain: How It Works In Electric, Hybrid Modes. The new Volt expands on all the pluses of the old Volt, but Chevy executives said over and over that they'd listened to Volt owners in designing the second-generation car. Source: www.greencarreports.com
