EPA should change testing for the Volt?
Being treated unfairly?According to MotorTrend, the EPA and GM are having a problem agreeing how to define the Chevy Volt. For those driving less than 40 miles per day and that recharge every day, the Volt acts basically like an electric car. For those that drive longer distances, or don't recharge every day, then the Volt acts more like a hybrid. Unfortunately, EPA testing is not designed for such duality in capabilities and performance. Thus, the difference, as far as the EPA is concerned, is a 45 mpg EPA sticker, or a 100 mpg EPA sticker.
Should the EPA create a new classification for plug-in hybrids? If the Volt lives up to the hype, will the EPA sticker even matter?
Labels: chevy volt, epa, fuel economy, plug-in hybrid vehicles
posted by Dahcredyns at
6:44 AM
1 Comments:
It seems that the EPA probably does need to revise its labeling for vehicles like the Volt. Still, having just read the comments on the MotorTrend post you cited, I had to laugh.
Now the EPA is conspiring against GM according to some of those yahoos on MotorTrend. Ironic how they so easily forget the millions of flex fuel credits that GM receives for building vehiles that never fill up with ethanol - another part of the grand conspiracy?
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