Chevrolet Introduces All-New 2016 Volt

Chevrolet today unveiled the all-new 2016 Volt electrical car amongst extended range, showcasing a sleeker, sportier blueprint that offers 50 miles of EV range, greater efficiency in addition to stronger acceleration.

The Volt’s new, efficient propulsion organization volition offering a General Motors’-estimated full driving arrive at of to a greater extent than than 400 miles in addition to amongst regular charging, owners are expected to move to a greater extent than than 1,000 miles on average betwixt gas fill-ups.

“The 2016 Chevrolet Volt provides our owners amongst a no-compromise electrical driving experience,” said Alan Batey, president of GM North America. “We believe our engineering scientific discipline prowess combined amongst information from thousands of customers allows us to deliver the almost capable plug-in vehicle inward the industry.”

The 2016 Chevrolet Volt’s engineering in addition to arrive at advancements are complemented past times a blueprint that blends sculpted, muscular proportions amongst aerodynamic efficiency, in addition to an all-new interior amongst seating for v in addition to improved functionality.

Everything from charging the battery in addition to checking the accuse status, to the intuitiveness of musical instrument panel controls were designed for easier use.

“According to independent surveyors, Volt owners are the almost satisfied inward the manufacture in addition to they were our compass for developing the next-generation model,” said Batey.

New Voltec propulsion system

An all-new, second-generation Voltec extended arrive at electrical vehicle (EREV) propulsion organization is the mightiness behind the 2016 Volt’s increased all-electric driving range, greater efficiency in addition to stronger acceleration. It was engineered based on the driving behaviors of first-gen Volt owners.

“Volt owners consummate to a greater extent than than lxxx per centum of their trips without using a drib of gasoline in addition to they say us they dearest the electrical driving experience. Putting that sense at the middle of the novel Voltec system’s evolution helped us better range, land too making the novel Volt to a greater extent than fun to drive,” said Andrew Farah, vehicle primary engineer. “We established a precedent when the master Voltec propulsion organization debuted in addition to this newest iteration sets the EV engineering bar fifty-fifty higher.”

The Voltec organization includes the battery, crusade unit, range-extending engine in addition to mightiness electronics.

GM’s industry-leading battery engineering has been reengineered for the next-generation Volt. The 2016 Volt volition usage an 18.4 kWh battery organization featuring revised jail cellphone chemical scientific discipline developed inward conjunction amongst LG Chem. While overall organization storage capacity has increased, the discover of cells convey decreased from 288 to 192 every bit the final result of a revised chemistry. The cells are positioned lower inward the pack for an improved (lower) middle of gravity in addition to the overall volume of the pack is 21 pounds (9.8 kg) lighter.

Like the battery system, the next-generation Volt’s two-motor crusade unit of measurement delivers increased efficiency in addition to performance along amongst reduced dissonance in addition to vibration. The crusade unit of measurement operates upwardly to 12 per centum to a greater extent than efficiently in addition to weighs 100 pounds (45 kg) less than the electrical flow system.

Both motors operate together inward to a greater extent than driving scenarios, inward both EV in addition to extended-range operation. The mightiness to usage both motors helps deliver a nineteen per centum improvement inward electrical acceleration from nil to xxx mph (2.6 seconds) in addition to a seven per centum improvement from nil to lx mph (8.4 seconds). GM engineers designed the Voltec electrical motors to usage significantly less rare Earth materials. One motor uses no rare earth-type magnets.

The 2016 Volt goes on sale inward the minute one-half of 2015.