New Electric Concept Car Unveiled At The 2007 Detroit Auto Show

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January 2007 (Medialink) -- The concept car, called the Chevrolet Volt, is a battery-powered electric vehicle that uses a gas engine to create additional electricity, thereby extending its range.

The Volt can be fully charged by plugging it into a 110-volt outlet for approximately six hours each day. When the lithium-ion battery is fully charged, the Volt can deliver 40 city miles of pure electric vehicle range. When the battery is depleted, a one liter, three cylinder turbo charged engine spins at a constant speed, or revolutions per minute (rpm), to create electricity and replenish the battery.

The Chevrolet Volt is just the first of what General Motors is calling the "E-flex system." The Volt uses a large battery and a small one liter turbo gasoline engine to produce enough electricity to go up to 640 miles and provide triple-digit fuel economy. These multiple propulsion systems fit into a common chassis using electricity to help the world diversify energy sources. With this new E-flex concept, General Motors can produce electricity from gasoline, ethanol, bio-diesel, or hydrogen.

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New Electric Concept Car Unveiled At The 2007 Detroit Auto Show

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Trust GM to make an electric car?
I'm not sure about GM. Weren't they the guys who stomped out the EV-1?

Hybrid cars are a poor excuse for progress. The reason GM wants that petrol engine in there is for the maintenance it will require. Oil changes, belts, fluids, etc. They are not putting that there for the consumer, but rather for themselves. It's not necessary.
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idiot
rpm(rotate per minute),and expres yourself in km not miles
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cool stuff
were getting there lol
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