Some Facts About New General Motors Volt Concept Car
The famous Company General Motors has celebrated its centenary by producing a perfect present Chevrolet Volt. This hybrid auto was presented in Detroit. GM president Rick Wagner claimed that General Motors Volt concept car would become a symbol of the company and would open the new era of hybrid cars production.
Such cars are unique by its unusual hybrid drive that combines the electric motor and internal combustion engine work. This engine working either on gasoline or on bio-ethanol charges the generators and the wheels are driven by electric motor. The last also gets the energy from lithium-ionic battery that can be charged by 3 ways: with the help of socket (it needs 3 hours if the voltage is 220 volts and 8 ones if it is 120 volts), with the help of internal combustion engine or regenerative braking.
Motion reserve while using only electricity is 64 kilometers. It’s enough for daily city traveling and therefore Volt owner can completely refuse from furl use. But if one needs to drive far away Volt will overcome nearly 1024 kilometers with the whole tank of gasoline. The maximal speed is 160 kilometers an hour. Other dynamical indicators are kept dark.
General Motors Volt concept car work scheme is easy. Electric motors getting the energy from the battery make the wheels move. Internal combustion engine contacts only with the generator. The average fuel expense is near 5,8 litters per 100 kilometers.
Aside from that the car is rather traditional. It is built on the global GM Delta II platform. Wheel base of the front-wheel drive vehicle is 2685 mm and its general length is 4404 mm that is similar to hatchback Toyota Prius size. The front has McPherson studding, the backside does the torsional spring. The car has also a small trunk 301 litters in volume.
Besides the fact that car manufacturing date is undefined the developers has counted that Volt owner will save 2200 euro yearly if comparing with the traditional auto with internal combustion engine.
This statement will be faster checked by the USA habitants because the USA will be the first Volt sale country. The hybrid will be produced at Hamtramck factory, where big sedans Buick and Cadillac were once assembled. The prices are not defined still but the car won’t be sold for the sum cheaper than $35 000. Its main business rivals are Prius and Honda Insight new generation. The competition will be severe. But it can’t be other way. Let’s paraphrase the latin saying «si vis pacem para bellum» to “if you want the green peace get ready to hybrid war!”
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