Driver Logs Indicate Volt Mileage Varies Greatly Depending On Battery Charge

Agent009 submitted on 10/14/2010 Auto Spies Photos Timestamp: 11:02:16 AM

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Take my own experience. I climbed into a Volt in Tehachapi, California, for a drive back to Los Angeles. The car had been used during the day, and the instruments showed the battery had 13 miles of charge left. My route included a 900-foot climb almost immediately, and the day was hot, so I had the air-conditioning on. The IC engine fired after 10.9 miles.

Once on freeway I initially set the cruise control at 70 mph. Just before Palmdale, I ran the car in mountain mode, increasing the speed of the IC engine to add extra charge in the battery before the climb into the mountains. I switched mountain mode off at the base of the hills, and then ran with the traffic -- 75-80 mph -- pretty much all the way back home to L.A. I used 2.8 gallons of gas for the 123.2 mile trip -- an average of 44 mpg.

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