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02-21-2011, 01:30 AM
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Here are some examples of how the Volt’s unique capabilities can accommodate the needs of everyday
life:
Ted
35 years old
Single
School Teacher
San Francisco, CA
Relatively Conservative Driver
Monday through Friday, Ted drives approximately 15 miles each way to the middle school where he
teaches, including his stop at the gym after school. He doesn’t drive much more than that during the
week as a rule.
On the weekends, Ted stays pretty close to home as well. He catches the latest movie releases with his
buddies, goes out in the evenings and completes his grocery shopping all within a 20 mile radius.
Ted‘s lifestyle allows him to be a gas and emissions-free driver, by plugging in his Volt every night he
maintains a consistently full charge and uses about 11-12 kWh of electricity per day. The generally
moderate climate in the Bay area allows Ted to forgo air-conditioning and heating most of the year,
preserving the Volt’s electric range at the upper end of typical 25-50 miles. The regenerative braking is
able to harness the energy from frequent stops and starts along his drive to add charge back to the
battery creating stored energy to propel the vehicle up the city’s steep hills.
Meredith
42 years old
Wife, Mother, Homemaker, eBay Fanatic
Rochester Hills, MI
Lead Foot, Aggressive Driver
Monday through Friday, Meredith’s driving routine includes a morning trip the gym, chauffeuring the
kids to and from school and then carting them to their after-school practices. All activities are within a
few minutes of each other, requiring Meredith to drive no more than 10 miles per day.
On the weekends she’s on the go! It’s not uncommon for her to travel 45 miles or more for her eBay and
antique business. Always with a destination in mind, she tends to be an aggressive driver.
Meredith charges her vehicle every night in her garage. Since most of her weekday errands are well
within the Volt's 25-50 mile range, she's almost always powered by electricity from the grid even during
the cold weather months when Michigan temperatures can dip well below freezing. The weekends are
another story. Due to Meredith’s aggressive driving style, she averages approximately 35 miles of
electric driving in spring and fall before switching into extended-range mode. In this mode, the enginegenerator produces electricity to power the vehicle and sustain the battery’s minimum state of charge,
allowing the stored energy to provide additional power during heavy accelerations. And that’s a good
thing. Meredith has no patience for slow drivers and passes frequently.For her longer weekend outings, Meredith averages about 168 miles per gallon and uses about 12.9 kWh of electricity. During the frigid winters and humid Michigan summers, using the climate control, defogger and lights drops the electric propulsion range closer to 25 miles and the overall weekend mileage dips to about 80 mpg.
Syd
40 years old
Businesswoman
Herndon, VA
Travels daily
Syd’s political career on The Hill, in the D.C., forces her to drive about 60 miles per day, including a
morning stop for coffee and an evening run to the gym three nights a week. Syd is a very conservative
driver. She leaves early for work to both avoid traffic snarls and the need to rush to get to her office.
On the weekends, Syd tries to catch up on all the errands she isn’t able to complete during the week.
She typically travels about 15 miles round trip including stops at the local farmer’s market, pharmacy
and wholesale warehouse.
Due to Syd’s long commute during the week, the Volt’s battery will reach a minimum state of charge and
automatically switch to extended-range mode after 40 miles of electric propulsion. In this mode, the
gasoline-powered engine- generator will produce additional electricity to power the car for the
additional miles of her commute. Since Syd doesn’t have a charging station available at work, the
combination of electric and extended range driving yields about 89 miles per gallon and 12.9 kWh of
electricity use per work day.
She is able to maintain a full charge on the weekends, simply by plugging in at home using a standard
120 volt outlet, allowing the battery to fully charge overnight.
Jeff
27 years old
Marketer
Ann Arbor, MI
Tech-savvy
Jeff shares a two-bedroom apartment in Ann Arbor with his roommate, Dan. During the week, Jeff
commutes 30 miles each way to his job as a marketing executive.
Getting a street-side plug-in charge is somewhat of a crapshoot for Jeff. There are only a few available
in the area and it is a first-come-first-serve basis. Fortunately, his company is a technology leader and
has installed 240-volt charging stations in the parking lot.
During the winter, as he’s packing up to head home, Jeff uses an iPhone application to remote start his
car from the comfort of his warm office. This triggers the electric heating system to warm the passenger
cabin using grid energy, leaving the Volt’s battery fully charged and ready for emissions and gasolinefree driving during his cold commute home. On average his daily round trip commute in cold weather
achieves 90 MPGe .
Lauren
32 years old
Hospitalist
Glenview, IL
Day-Tripper
Monday through Friday, Lauren commutes about 75 miles a day from her nice suburban town into
downtown Chicago. Her daily travels usually include a stop at the local coffee house and, on the way
home, a stop to pick up something for dinner.
Without access to the infrastructure at work, Lauren plugs-in at home every night, using a standard 120
volt outlet, allowing her to start each day of the week with a full charge. The Volt’s battery gets Lauren
most of the way to work after which the range-extending engine takes over. The round trip consumes
about 12.9 kWh of electricity while the Volt goes about 69 miles for every gallon of gasoline consumed.
On the weekends, Lauren travels more than 300 miles to visit her aging parents in St. Louis. Although
Lauren doesn’t mind the trip as she enjoys returning to her hometown to catch her alma mater’s
football games, the weekly journey causes the Volt’s battery to deplete and automatically switch to
extended-range mode. In this mode, the gasoline-powered engine generator produces additional
electricity to power the car for the additional miles of her interstate trip, ensuring she reaches home
safely to cheer on the her favorite team.
Since Lauren’s parents now live in an apartment, she doesn’t have access to a plug for the return trip.
Even with a depleted battery, the Volt still gets Lauren back to suburban Chicago at an average of 37
mpg.
Tom
40 years old
Visiting physical therapist
Danbury, CT
Tom is a physical therapist that drives about 55 miles a day during the work week visiting his various
clients at in Danbury and its suburbs. He has a garage at home where he plugs in his Volt nightly to a
standard 110 volt outlet and starts each day with a full charge in the battery. Tom’s typical route
includes a mix of urban stop and go driving and freeway running.
During the course of a work day Tom runs the first 35 miles or so purely on electricity consuming about
12.9 kWh. That’s the energy equivalent of about 0.38 gallons of gas or 93 MPGe without any tailpipe
emissions. By mid-afternoon, the battery has been depleted and Tom continues on in extended-range
mode extended for about 20 more miles at 37 MPG. In total, Tom uses up the equivalent of about 0.91
gallons of gas and achieves a composite average of 60 MPGe before he plugs his car in for the evening.
Here are some examples of how the Volt’s unique capabilities can accommodate the needs of everyday
life:
Ted
35 years old
Single
School Teacher
San Francisco, CA
Relatively Conservative Driver
Monday through Friday, Ted drives approximately 15 miles each way to the middle school where he
teaches, including his stop at the gym after school. He doesn’t drive much more than that during the
week as a rule.
On the weekends, Ted stays pretty close to home as well. He catches the latest movie releases with his
buddies, goes out in the evenings and completes his grocery shopping all within a 20 mile radius.
Ted‘s lifestyle allows him to be a gas and emissions-free driver, by plugging in his Volt every night he
maintains a consistently full charge and uses about 11-12 kWh of electricity per day. The generally
moderate climate in the Bay area allows Ted to forgo air-conditioning and heating most of the year,
preserving the Volt’s electric range at the upper end of typical 25-50 miles. The regenerative braking is
able to harness the energy from frequent stops and starts along his drive to add charge back to the
battery creating stored energy to propel the vehicle up the city’s steep hills.
Meredith
42 years old
Wife, Mother, Homemaker, eBay Fanatic
Rochester Hills, MI
Lead Foot, Aggressive Driver
Monday through Friday, Meredith’s driving routine includes a morning trip the gym, chauffeuring the
kids to and from school and then carting them to their after-school practices. All activities are within a
few minutes of each other, requiring Meredith to drive no more than 10 miles per day.
On the weekends she’s on the go! It’s not uncommon for her to travel 45 miles or more for her eBay and
antique business. Always with a destination in mind, she tends to be an aggressive driver.
Meredith charges her vehicle every night in her garage. Since most of her weekday errands are well
within the Volt's 25-50 mile range, she's almost always powered by electricity from the grid even during
the cold weather months when Michigan temperatures can dip well below freezing. The weekends are
another story. Due to Meredith’s aggressive driving style, she averages approximately 35 miles of
electric driving in spring and fall before switching into extended-range mode. In this mode, the enginegenerator produces electricity to power the vehicle and sustain the battery’s minimum state of charge,
allowing the stored energy to provide additional power during heavy accelerations. And that’s a good
thing. Meredith has no patience for slow drivers and passes frequently.For her longer weekend outings, Meredith averages about 168 miles per gallon and uses about 12.9 kWh of electricity. During the frigid winters and humid Michigan summers, using the climate control, defogger and lights drops the electric propulsion range closer to 25 miles and the overall weekend mileage dips to about 80 mpg.
Syd
40 years old
Businesswoman
Herndon, VA
Travels daily
Syd’s political career on The Hill, in the D.C., forces her to drive about 60 miles per day, including a
morning stop for coffee and an evening run to the gym three nights a week. Syd is a very conservative
driver. She leaves early for work to both avoid traffic snarls and the need to rush to get to her office.
On the weekends, Syd tries to catch up on all the errands she isn’t able to complete during the week.
She typically travels about 15 miles round trip including stops at the local farmer’s market, pharmacy
and wholesale warehouse.
Due to Syd’s long commute during the week, the Volt’s battery will reach a minimum state of charge and
automatically switch to extended-range mode after 40 miles of electric propulsion. In this mode, the
gasoline-powered engine- generator will produce additional electricity to power the car for the
additional miles of her commute. Since Syd doesn’t have a charging station available at work, the
combination of electric and extended range driving yields about 89 miles per gallon and 12.9 kWh of
electricity use per work day.
She is able to maintain a full charge on the weekends, simply by plugging in at home using a standard
120 volt outlet, allowing the battery to fully charge overnight.
Jeff
27 years old
Marketer
Ann Arbor, MI
Tech-savvy
Jeff shares a two-bedroom apartment in Ann Arbor with his roommate, Dan. During the week, Jeff
commutes 30 miles each way to his job as a marketing executive.
Getting a street-side plug-in charge is somewhat of a crapshoot for Jeff. There are only a few available
in the area and it is a first-come-first-serve basis. Fortunately, his company is a technology leader and
has installed 240-volt charging stations in the parking lot.
During the winter, as he’s packing up to head home, Jeff uses an iPhone application to remote start his
car from the comfort of his warm office. This triggers the electric heating system to warm the passenger
cabin using grid energy, leaving the Volt’s battery fully charged and ready for emissions and gasolinefree driving during his cold commute home. On average his daily round trip commute in cold weather
achieves 90 MPGe .
Lauren
32 years old
Hospitalist
Glenview, IL
Day-Tripper
Monday through Friday, Lauren commutes about 75 miles a day from her nice suburban town into
downtown Chicago. Her daily travels usually include a stop at the local coffee house and, on the way
home, a stop to pick up something for dinner.
Without access to the infrastructure at work, Lauren plugs-in at home every night, using a standard 120
volt outlet, allowing her to start each day of the week with a full charge. The Volt’s battery gets Lauren
most of the way to work after which the range-extending engine takes over. The round trip consumes
about 12.9 kWh of electricity while the Volt goes about 69 miles for every gallon of gasoline consumed.
On the weekends, Lauren travels more than 300 miles to visit her aging parents in St. Louis. Although
Lauren doesn’t mind the trip as she enjoys returning to her hometown to catch her alma mater’s
football games, the weekly journey causes the Volt’s battery to deplete and automatically switch to
extended-range mode. In this mode, the gasoline-powered engine generator produces additional
electricity to power the car for the additional miles of her interstate trip, ensuring she reaches home
safely to cheer on the her favorite team.
Since Lauren’s parents now live in an apartment, she doesn’t have access to a plug for the return trip.
Even with a depleted battery, the Volt still gets Lauren back to suburban Chicago at an average of 37
mpg.
Tom
40 years old
Visiting physical therapist
Danbury, CT
Tom is a physical therapist that drives about 55 miles a day during the work week visiting his various
clients at in Danbury and its suburbs. He has a garage at home where he plugs in his Volt nightly to a
standard 110 volt outlet and starts each day with a full charge in the battery. Tom’s typical route
includes a mix of urban stop and go driving and freeway running.
During the course of a work day Tom runs the first 35 miles or so purely on electricity consuming about
12.9 kWh. That’s the energy equivalent of about 0.38 gallons of gas or 93 MPGe without any tailpipe
emissions. By mid-afternoon, the battery has been depleted and Tom continues on in extended-range
mode extended for about 20 more miles at 37 MPG. In total, Tom uses up the equivalent of about 0.91
gallons of gas and achieves a composite average of 60 MPGe before he plugs his car in for the evening.