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The 2011 Toyota Prius hybrid car loses its crown as the World’s best gas-saver hybrid automobile. The new King of the hybrids is the Chevrolet 2011 Volt by GM. Computed to do 230 miles per gallon, this Volt is going to save you a lot of money at the pumps. Oil prices have been record-settings and the popularity of hybrid electric/gas engine-powered automobiles are on the rise. The world is still in economic crisis and consumers are being tightwads especially with their daily transport bill. Chevrolet’s Volt is perfect for these trying times.
Chevrolet Volt 2011 Sample Photo
Bankrupt GM is banking on the Chevrolet Volt and other hybrid cars to help it recover. It owes the US Government billions of dollars and the only way it could recoup its losses and pay its debts is to sell more cars. Toyota’s best-selling Prius hybrid car has inspired the troubled American car manufacturer to make its own hybrid car. The Chevrolet Volt is a 4-seater, 5-door mid-size hybrid hatchback with a plug-in battery pack and a gas engine. The battery pack can power the car’s 149-horsepower (111-kilowatt) electric motor for up to 40 miles. After that, the gasoline four-cylinder engine powers the Volt for 300 more miles.
This is the best of both worlds. If you only drive daily from your home to your work and it’s less than 40 miles travel back and forth, you will not deplete the electric motor’s battery. Hallelujah! You won’t have to buy gasoline ever again! Just make sure that after you come home for the night, you plug-in the Chevrolet Volt to a standard 110 or 220-volt power outlet and let it charge for 2-3 hours. If you do this industriously, you will earn the admiration of Green Peace warriors. I suspect GM is also doing this to gain P.R. points from environmentalists so that the U.S. government won’t be too impatient to demand a payback on the loans.
Just imagine if 1 million city-dwellers owns this Chevrolet Volt and all of them driving for less than 40 miles per day. The huge savings from never buying gas could benefit everybody and will help cut down the carbon footprint we stomp on the planet. I just wish Chevrolet will lower the asking price for the Volt. Even if you deduct the $7,500 federal tax credit bill, this car will still cost more than $30,000. It is obvious that not many Americans can afford to buy the Chevrolet Volt (because of the relatively high price) and it is a tragic lost of opportunity for GM. If they are really serious about going back to profitability, they should sell affordable hybrid cars! The Chevrolet Volt is a wonderful earth-friendly car that people should be using but I fear the steep price tag will scare away cost-conscious buyers.
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