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As the saying goes, you get to choose your opinions but not the facts. Your version of the Volt development history is mostly wrong. There was...
In reality, GM announced the Volt as a committed product and showed off the production design almost a year before anyone knew that Nissan was...
I'm not sure why you think burning gasoline at high speed is inherently more efficient than driving electric. Just because a Prius burns...
According to both fueleconomy.gov and Lexus.com, the CT200h gets an EPA estimated 40 mpg on the highway (43 mpg city, 42 mpg combined). I drive...
The most efficient speed for the Tesla and LEAF appears to be around 15-20 from what I've read. I haven't read any careful tests for the Volt but...
A non-plug Prius HSD isn't recharged from the grid and has a small battery with a narrow useful state of charge range of about 300-500 Wh. Studies...
I think it's confusing to describe mountain mode as a kind of hybrid variant. All it does is raise the minimum state of charge setpoint from...
Good question. I don't drive often enough on long downhill mountain roads to be sure but my guess is that a Volt in CS mode would not switch...
I've only read about one real world severe crash -- a Volt was rear-ended by a bus and the two adults up front and the two children in back walked...
I was implicitly using the Model S with the 300 mile battery pack as my example. I'd be happy with a Model S except that it's a little too...
The PiP uses a blended electric/gas design because it has to given its small battery size. There is a market for customers that don't want the...
I can agree with that. :-) That seems pretty unlikely to me. The power for that heating element should need to flow through at least one...
The PiP can draw up to 27 kW from its battery pack, according to Toyota. If that were drawn against all of the cells in the 4.4 kWh pack, it would...
Here was my personal driving today (Saturday) in my Volt: Drove to brunch at a restaurant near my old neighborhood and then back home. Drove to...
In your scenario, the Volt would get an EPA estimated 40 mpg (not 30) on the highway and the Prius would get 48 (not 50).
Fighting gravity by lifting something out is not necessarily easier than dropping it out from under the car. The real advantage when removing the...
It depends. You would generate equivalent CO2 driving a LEAF at 34 kWh per 100 miles (EPA) as you would driving a Prius at 50 mpg with 24.5...
And the safest hybrid of all is the Chevrolet Volt, according to informedforlife.org. Prius comes in at a strong second place....
And I hope Toyota doesn't have problems due to locating the Lithium-ion battery pack immediately next to the rear bumper. BTW, here's an...
This is mostly correct but there is a common misunderstanding on when the Volt mechanically connects the gas engine to the planetary gears (and...
