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Adam @ Jun 8th 2007 1:37PM
I am curious, but doesn't city driving generally work better for a hybrid? Then it can take advantage of the regenerative braking.
Also, I am glad GM is making an effort, but doesn't a standard Camry V6 put out similar milage numbers?
Again, I apluade the effort, but is seems more like a half hearted effort to get to the market to cash in on the hybrid popularity contest. Seems like a "Me too!" effort. Hopefully, the Volt will be a truely inovative car.
Alex Nunez @ Jun 8th 2007 1:45PM
Adam,
Keep in mind that the light hybrid system GM uses in the Green Line cars cannot run in an EV-only mode, which is what makes other hybrids really excel in certain local/city situations.
ruggels @ Jun 8th 2007 1:45PM
City driving generally works much better for FULL hybrids, which this car is not (it's the same reason the hybrid civic returns greater highway mpg). This car is also cheaper as a result so you give and take a little.
.. though for $23,000 you'll be able to buy the new jetta tdi in a bit with better economy and more power... though i digress... i'm not one to knock gm for finally getting 'serious' about green, and this is perhaps the finest sedan they offer below the cadi level right now (aura in general) so props to them for releasing it. I just wish it achieved better average mpg then my Jetta 2.0T being driven in Sport for an entire tank :(.
Adam @ Jun 8th 2007 1:47PM
OK, I just checked and I am wrong.
EPA numbers:
Camry I4 (auto) is 24/33 and 24/34 (man)
V6 is 22/31
Hybrind is 40/38
Still with the observed number by the author, that is still pretty low for a hybrid.
So how does this system differf rom the Toyota that gets higher milage in the city?
ruggels @ Jun 8th 2007 2:36PM
"So how does this system differf rom the Toyota that gets higher milage in the city?"
As a few of us have already articulated in response to your previous question, toyota uses a full hybrid system to deliver better fuel economy, it's also more costly.