Feast your eyes on Chevy’s electric future!
This is the Chevrolet Volt, officially unveiled today to mark the American car maker’s centenary celebrations – and parent company GM claims it will change the face of motoring!
When production begins, the Volt will become the first mass-produced car in history to be powered by means other than the internal combustion engine.
Set to hit US showrooms in 2010 before coming to the UK in 2011, the Volt is powered by a 148bhp electric motor fed by a lithium-ion battery pack capable of 40 miles between charges – meaning zero CO2 emissions.
The motor, which generates 370Nm of torque, can be charged from a 240v mains supply in three hours, or by a small onboard petrol motor that switches on when power is running low. The petrol unit is not connected to the wheels and can run on plant-derived ethanol too, lowering its overall CO2 output.
The Volt can reach a top speed of 100mph and is built on GM’s Delta chassis – the same platform underpinning the forthcoming Astra hatchback. As such, the possibility of an electric Astra in future is not unrealistic, though insiders suggest Vauxhall is presently in favour of a Griffin badged Volt for the UK, expected to cost around £20,000.
For more information and pictures of Chevy’s seminal electric car, be sure to pick up issue 1,031 of Auto Express - on sale Wednesday 24th September.
量产版雪佛兰Volt增程型电动车是一款始终由电力提供动力的前轮驱动、四门轿车。在充满电的时候，Volt的车载锂离子电池堆所提供的电力能够保证车辆的行驶里程为60公里以上。而在需要行驶更长的里程时，一个可以使用汽油和E85乙醇燃料的车载小排量发电机开始运转，并通过Volt的电力驱动系统继续为车辆提供电力，并能够满足电池组的充电需求。而在电池组完全充足电之前，Volt可以依靠车载发电机来实现继续行驶数百公里。卓越的低风阻空气动力设计也进一步提升了量产版Volt的燃油经济性和驾驶表现。按照通用汽车的分析数据，当与同级别车型(油耗约为7.8升/百公里)的驾驶者相比时，对于每天驾车里程在100公里以内的Volt驾驶者来说，其每年可以节约大约2000升汽油。
[ 编辑 xxyy1985 在 08-09-21 20:28 ]
[ 编辑 xxyy1985 在 08-09-21 20:33 ]
终于有个不像痴呆"green car"了.... :polite:
a la Prius/Insight ~~~~ :oops:
charge一次40mile? 极速100mph?
这个那不是不能长途?
还要天天充电?
崩溃,
whichtao于2008-09-18写道:
charge一次40mile? 极速100mph?
这个那不是不能长途?
还要天天充电?
崩溃,
thats the whole point, just like hybrids, they are really only good for city driving.
you charge the VOLT overnight, at home. so you dont have to waste gas driving around to get gas...
每天晚上冲
xxyy1985于2008-09-18写道:
每天晚上冲
:polite: :polite: :polite:
power grid 在白天负力太大, 有的已经供应不了需求, 但晚上却又远远低于 capacity, 所以即使50%的车辆都换成电车, 也不会对 power distribution system 带来太大的影响.
80%以上有车的人, 平均每天开车都少余65km. 所以并不需要太远的range. 再说VOLT还有个gasoline engine, 如果天冷了, 或者没有电了, 照样可以开.
[ 编辑 lammmbda 在 08-09-19 04:58 ]
嗯，新品种，不过外面怎么感觉像ACUA来？
从数据看基本上不适合在洛杉矶开，估计从东跑到西就要充电了，晚上那就不用回来了，这样的话不是很适合洛杉矶的情况阿
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塞塞车就挂了~续航里程太低了~ 