Body
Wheelbase 105.7 / 2685
Frame
Four-wheel disc brakes to maximize energy capture fully regenerative
Training
Electric power steering assistance system
Suspension (R) torsion axle torsion
Suspension (F) independent McPherson
Engine and transmission
PS (kW) at rpm: 111 / 150
Nm of torque (Nm) at rpm: 273 / 370
Exterior
Length 177 / 4404
Width 70.8 / 1798
Height 56.3 / 1430
Performance
Top Speed 100
2011 Chevrolet Volt Pictures
national launch of the Chevrolet Volt, with other major markets in California are beginning to follow
[Source: Volt Media Portal]
LOS ANGELES - Chevrolet announced today at Los Angeles International Auto Show, the Volt electric car with a capacity expansion is the end of next year in California - are appointed to other major markets at a later date - the largest market for new cars.
Chevrolet is partnering with utilities in California three and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) through a scope, the true demonstration and research program for customers on the import of electric vehicles, before the electrification of vehicles and set up programs in vehicles to pave the way to consumers. General Motors leads the program with a grant administered by the United States dollar over $ 30 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Initiative funds for the electrification of transportation by S. U. Department of Energy.
"It 's natural that California is the leading marketplace for volts. It is not only the largest car market in California are known, state government and the adoption of advanced technologies," said Brent Dewar, vice president of GM's Chevrolet a global brand.
Volt will start production in late 2010. Prices were not announced. The market introduction in early times, including California, has a crucial role in the validation of the retail market for electric vehicles ready to play. GM and the major utilities in North America in all regional markets ahead of the retail market to prepare for deployment.
Three power companies in California to participate in the demonstration project, Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison and Sacramento Municipal Utility District. Close EPRI, a non-profit independent research in Palo Alto, California and seven other utilities in the project. EPRI utility members represent over 90 percent of electricity generated and delivered to the United States.
As part of the research program and demonstration, Chevrolet is planning more than 100 volts to provide participants in the fleet of two years of use. Chevrolet will use the OnStar telematics technology for vehicle performance and driver feedback that DOE will be presented and used to collect to improve the customer experience with new technology.
Because the Volt is easily anywhere for free, the program also includes the installation of more than 500 charging stations for the residential, commercial and public. The charging stations are used to better understand the installation, save the car and charge the guest experience.
The Chevrolet Volt is to produce for the ride to 40 miles on electric power without fuel or exhaust gas. If the battery voltage lithium-ion battery is low, the extension of a motor / generator seamlessly with the full range of driving over 300 miles before refueling or recharging the battery.
The Volt is its advanced electric drive system. With battery technology, the Volt personalization, feedback and interaction is at a new level.
The Volt is "counter efficiency" in the Digital Dashboard provides a real-time feedback the effectiveness of each pilot. The heating and cooling has three modes, efficiency and enable the Volt "Green Leaf" button allows access to an RSS feed of vehicles, loaded with energy and information. The driver can access the calendar collection in all vehicles or remotely, depending on time of day or cost. And people, including audio and visual signals to alert the driver when the car of a monitor is turned on, and when the load.
The Volt has a great reputation in and around Los Angeles in the days before the show is auto. It is characterized Los Angeles restaurants visited the West Lake Mall in Century City West Los Angeles and a meeting of the National School of Harvard-Westlake prep school was presented. Chevrolet Volt, a new song, designed to educate and entertain consumers at the auto show in the days open to the public.
2010 Kia Soul and 2011 Kia Sorento – Click on either image for high-res gallery
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a recall on two Kia vehicles – the 2010 Soul and 2011 Sorento – to replace interior lighting wiring harnesses. These faulty units, supplied by JCI, can apparently cause an electrical short resulting in a fire. This recall affects 35,185 vehicles manufactured between September 7, 2009 and July 30, 2010.
