Jean-Charles Jacquemin:
Bonaire,

Hi Bonaire,
I’m able to answer two of your questions.
- I had generally my cruise control at 105-110 km/h, at higher speeds the loss of efficiency is terrible.
- I fill my tank with 95 octane gas, it is what is recommended in the user’s manual. It is difficult to establish precisely the ethanol content ( It is min 5%, max 10%) It depends on the fuel make and the distribution network.
And the conversion is in US gallons.

Best regards,

JC NPNS

Excellent writeup and 49mpg in Hold mode at about 65mph is most interesting. Perhaps GM is using a larger sag window with this mode since it won’t be dipping dangerously low in the battery to do so. I would love to here more about this and how repeatable it is for you. Perhaps the air is thinner there but there is no way I could achieve 50mpg at steady 65mph in my Volt except perhaps to follow 10′ behind a semi.

Dave K.: BTW: I stopped by my local Chevrolet dealer this week to exchange the original portable charger for the upgraded model. While I was there, the ordering manager came over to speak with me. He says Volt sales are up. He just ordered 27 more with 10 of these being held with deposit. He says the white or black center console options are selling equally well.

Stopped by the dealer here in the High Desert. Said they had 10 on order, pre-sold and ordered 5 additional. Or was that 15 pre-sold and 5 extra. Oh well, they say the mind is the first thing to go…

Bottom line is all are gone except one – – – technically – – – one on the sales lot, one still in back. Memorial Day event was pretty effective. Too, bad there won’t actually be any Volts left for the actual week of Memorial Day

Though as it says on this article on Hybridcars.com that it was a commercial recorded in Death Valley, CA and won’t come to the USA.

Because of range anxiety issues that’s why.

Enjoy.

http://www.hybridcars.com/news/chevy-volt-solves-zombie-induced-range-anxiety-46299.html

Congratulations on your purchase. I have been wondering if you were going to purchase the Ampera when it became available to you. I have not been very active writing on this site for the past year and a half, but I do try to get on here once per week or so and kind of catch up on what is happening.

Good luck with your beauty.