Comments on: Volt/Ampera engine named top “Green Engine” by international panel http://gm-volt.com/2012/06/14/voltampera-engine-named-top-green-engine-by-international-panel/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Sun, 26 May 2013 02:55:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: ChuckR http://gm-volt.com/2012/06/14/voltampera-engine-named-top-green-engine-by-international-panel/#comment-339228 ChuckR Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:05:55 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=21433#comment-339228

DonC:
As nasaman and DocInnovation suggested it looks like the award is for the powertrain not the engine. The engine itself is ordinary at best and is not contributing to the award in any meaningful way.

I don’t drive many CS miles. My Ev % is 93.7 for 13,458 total miles, but over the last two days I put on 118.4 CS miles (at mostly 60-65 mph) using 2.44 gals. indicated for 48.5 mpg, which raised my life time (848 CS miles) CS mpg to 38.2.

]]> By: kdawg http://gm-volt.com/2012/06/14/voltampera-engine-named-top-green-engine-by-international-panel/#comment-339155 kdawg Fri, 15 Jun 2012 03:52:35 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=21433#comment-339155 A new record today with the GM OnStar data…. highest EV% since 4/25. Yesterdays percentage was almost 72%. Not bad considering the average is ~66%. I wonder if its the weather, or people are becoming more efficient drivers.

We are also getting close to 80 million Volt miles

http://www.kdawg.com

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Noel Park: #11

Well call me overoptimistic if you want, but I’m thinking that the state of the art has advanced quite a bit since your Volvo was built.I can remember the days of coked up turbo bearings and myriad other failure modes,.

Yes Noel ,
that’s why Atkinson Miller is better for the Volt.

The Volt is the last engine that needs a turbocharger.

]]> By: George S. Bower http://gm-volt.com/2012/06/14/voltampera-engine-named-top-green-engine-by-international-panel/#comment-339143 George S. Bower Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:33:03 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=21433#comment-339143

Noel Park: #10

Although at the rate I’m putting miles on mine, 25K plus as we speak, it’s probably going to end up totally worn out before it becomes very collectible.No “low mileage original” here, LOL.

Great one Noel.

]]> By: Eco_Turbo http://gm-volt.com/2012/06/14/voltampera-engine-named-top-green-engine-by-international-panel/#comment-339142 Eco_Turbo Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:24:04 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=21433#comment-339142 kdawg,

Sounds similar to an investment scam from several years ago. A company sold stock to own a piece of a company building a catalytic converter that had a spark plug, which would clean up the exhaust of any car to less than EPA mandated levels. Of course they would sell millions of them because every car company would have to buy them in order to remain competitive.

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