Plug-In When? Gm to release up to four hybrid systems
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The stated mileage will be based on a full tank of gas I assume just to keep things simple. ie. Chevy Volt can run 640 miles on 12 gallons of fuel=53.3 miles per gallon.
Individually you will determine the mileage you will receive based on your current driving habits. Take for example:
My wife averages 900 miles a month.
On each Sunday we visit my parents (70 miles), every other day my wife averages 24 miles, averaging 2-3 trips per day excluding the 70 mile trip. 24/2.5= average trip of 9.5 miles. Based on those averages while using A/C, heater, driving up hills, freeway driving, etc… let’s say she only gets *6 electric miles per trip (63%). We’re looking at 100 electric miles and 109 gas miles each week with the 70 mile trip to Grandma’s. Based on the average *30 MPG in regular 2-Mode, her Vue will consume 15.26 gallons of gasoline ($49) for the whole month or 58 MPG!
Right now she averages 17.6 MPG in our Charger R/T, using 51.4 Gallons of Fuel ($164) each month.
*6 electric miles could also be 8 if GM has already taken A/C, heater, hills, etc.. into account.
*30 MPG could easily be 35 MPG as most of the gas driving will be freeway.
$115 ($1,380 per year) isn’t worth the added Hybrid expense for us, but at least we’ll consume less fuel and have fun doing it in a non-ugly, quick little SUV we all can fit in. The Plug-In Vue should be a great appetizer to the Volt I'll trade my Cobalt in on for 2012.
Individually you will determine the mileage you will receive based on your current driving habits. Take for example:
My wife averages 900 miles a month.
On each Sunday we visit my parents (70 miles), every other day my wife averages 24 miles, averaging 2-3 trips per day excluding the 70 mile trip. 24/2.5= average trip of 9.5 miles. Based on those averages while using A/C, heater, driving up hills, freeway driving, etc… let’s say she only gets *6 electric miles per trip (63%). We’re looking at 100 electric miles and 109 gas miles each week with the 70 mile trip to Grandma’s. Based on the average *30 MPG in regular 2-Mode, her Vue will consume 15.26 gallons of gasoline ($49) for the whole month or 58 MPG!
Right now she averages 17.6 MPG in our Charger R/T, using 51.4 Gallons of Fuel ($164) each month.
*6 electric miles could also be 8 if GM has already taken A/C, heater, hills, etc.. into account.
*30 MPG could easily be 35 MPG as most of the gas driving will be freeway.
$115 ($1,380 per year) isn’t worth the added Hybrid expense for us, but at least we’ll consume less fuel and have fun doing it in a non-ugly, quick little SUV we all can fit in. The Plug-In Vue should be a great appetizer to the Volt I'll trade my Cobalt in on for 2012.
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