General Motors today announced that their Chevy Volt electric car will get more than 230 miles per gallon in city driving…or approximately 1 litre per 100 Km.
Terrific…that’s almost as good as the Nissan Leaf which is EPA rated at 367 MPG and on the same order of magnitude as a walking human, estimated to achieve about 912 MPG.
In view of the fact that the most fuel efficient car on the market today is the Toyota Prius at 48/45 MPG city/hwy, GM has either achieved some tech breakthrough to achieve a 5x performance improvement or is practising some variant of Enron-style accounting by claiming miles driven electrically as miles driven via gasoline.
Chevrolet Volt Expects 230 mpg in City Driving – GM press release, 2009-08-11
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