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My Chevy Volt and the Electric Bill - Pleasantly Surprised
I don't think I've ever been this excited to get an electric bill. The answer to the question so many of you have asked can now be answered. The metering period started about a week before taking delivery of my Volt and concluded last Friday. Accounting for a few days away for my NASA [...]
An Interior Tour of the Chevy Volt
I shot a video tour over the weekend on my iPhone (using the awesome new iMovie app). Have questions about a specific component? Ask away in the comments and I'll shoot a video for you and share it on the blog.
A special fuel tank for a new kind of car
Today marks three weeks since I took delivery of my Chevy Volt and I still have about half of the original tank of gas that came with the car. Some have asked me what happens to the quality of fuel after sitting in the car for that long. I didn’t know the answer until I [...]
A 91mpg kind of day
Today was a great test to see just how far the car can go on a full charge. Following my three mile drive to the office I had a lunchtime meeting up in Wethersfield this afternoon. So with about 95% charge left in the battery I headed through the hills of Connecticut’s Route 9 towards my [...]
Long Range Report
Yesterday I had the longest driving day yet for the new car, traveling a total of about 170 miles. I accumulated about 25 miles of local driving before heading out to Greenwich for the evening. I was able to get a two hour 120v charge in before the long range trip began, which added only [...]
Stunning Video of Discovery's Ascent to Orbit
Some great video from Space Shuttle engineers documenting Discovery's prep and launch into orbit. Amazing footage.
It's all about the torque
This fun story about the "White Zombie" electric car is a good primer for what it feels like to drive an electric car. The Volt's spirited acceleration is surprising everyone I took out for a spin this weekend. The reason? Electric motors are all torque. In fact the 149 horsepower electric motor in the Volt [...]
Thoughts on Volt Sales
Autoblog Green has what appears to be sobering numbers on early Volt sales, citing GM figures that say only 281 cars were sold in February, down from 321 in January. Critics eager for GM to fail are trying to make hay from this announcement, but there's much more to the story. I ordered my Volt in [...]
Switching to Gas
So after nearly two weeks of driving around town (200 miles and barely a drop of gasoline), I finally hit the limit on the battery range and had the car switch over to the internal combustion engine. Unlike other hybrids, the Volt’s engine powers the electric motor and doesn’t drive the wheels – giving it [...]