The next-generation Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle will debut in 2015. (Credit: General Motors)The next generation Chevrolet Volt will debut at the 2015 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).
Global Chevrolet Chief Marketing Officer Tim Mahoney announced that the next generation Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle will debut at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. Mahoney made the announcement Thursday, August 7, 2014, during the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan.
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Сhevrolet Volt infographic. (Credit: General Motors). Click to enlarge.
According to the company’s press-release, Volt sales were up 13% in July and more than 65,000 have been sold since it was introduced—making it the best-selling plug-in passenger car in the U.S. market.
“Volt is the perfect example of the ingenuity that drives everything we do at Chevrolet,” Mahoney said at the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefings. “Volt fully delivers on the promises of Find New Roads and will continue to provide consumers with the transportation solutions they need and deserve in the future.”
Chevrolet says that Volt owners are driving more than 63% of their overall miles in electric vehicle mode, collectively logging more than 500 million gas-free miles since the Volt’s retail debut in 2010. That has saved more than 25 million gallons of gasoline. Volt owners who charge regularly typically drive more than 970 miles between fill-ups and visit the gas station less than once a month.
Earlier we reported that Chevrolet Volt owners are consistently achieving the published EPA-estimated mileage of 98 MPGe gasoline-free miles, and many are even exceeding it. The typical Volt owner who regularly charges the vehicle is going 900 miles between fill-ups of the gasoline engine that powers the Volt’s on-board generator. That avoids about $1,300 a year at the pump.
MPGe is a measure of the average distance traveled per unit of energy consumed. The EPA uses it to compare the consumption of alternative fuel vehicles, plug-in electric vehicles and other advanced technology vehicles with the fuel economy of conventional internal combustion vehicles expressed as miles per U.S. gallon of gasoline.
