![]() ![]() Here’s the full press release: CHEVROLET VOLT ACHIEVES 100,000 SALES IN THE UNITED STATES First Model to Reach Milestone for Plug-In VehiclesĭETROIT – Chevrolet is announcing the sale of 100,000 Volts, giving those owners a no-compromise electric driving experience with a plug-in vehicle offering an EPA-estimated 53 miles of electric vehicle range and a total range of 420 miles between gasoline fill-ups or full recharges*. Nonetheless, GM estimates that its Volt fleet saved nearly 58 million gallons of fuel compared to the average gas consumption.Įarlier this year, Seth tested the Volt 2017 for a week – you can read his review in the form of a ‘diary’ starting with ‘Day 1’.Ĭhevrolet Volt helps 100,000 owners find new roads ![]() While the fleet is slightly bigger, the Volt has been on the road for 2 more years. Hopefully, the percentage will go down with the increase in electric range that came with the 2016 Volt, which now has a fully electric EPA-rating of 53 miles.įor comparison, Tesla’s global fleet of roughly 150,000 vehicles travelled over 2.6 billion electric miles. It’s an interesting statistic, which shows that the Volt successfully replaced with electric miles 1.5 billion miles that would have normally been gas-powered, but it also highlights the need for fully electric vehicles since GM’s Volt fleet still used gas for an important 40% of its total mileage. The company says that Volt owners have driven “almost 1.5 billion miles in EV mode of a total 2.5 billion cumulative miles.” Interestingly, GM broke down the EV miles vs Gas miles driven by the fleet since its introduction in 2010. GM announced today that it surpassed the 100,000 mark for Chevy Volt sales in the US – making the Volt the first plug-in vehicle to achieve the milestone. ![]()
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