Chevy Fast & Fuel Efficient – Extreme Hypermiling & Serious Karting!

[danscanlon]

These are all the blogged details of the Chevy Volt Challenge I participated in 2 weeks ago!   

http://racingready.com/2011/11/11/chevy-fast-fuel-efficient-extreme-hypermiling-serious-karting/

3 drivers, 2 bloggers & myself learned to hypermile in the new Chevy Volt & then we pushed ourselves to the limit at On Track Xperience, at Thunderhill Raceway up the road in Kyle.  I REALLY learned some of the depths that racers have to push themselves with their NasKarts!

ENJOY!

[Pants!]

The appearance of the Chevy Volt makes my eyes sad.
The antiquated technologies they utilize make my frontal lobe weep.
The price tag for this example of hack and slash engineering makes by sphincter tighten.

I think I heard Ford is shooting back by releasing this car:

[JohnB]

No tech to back up your comments Pants!? tsk, tsk.

[Pants!]

I thought it was common knowledge owners report 25 miles per charge.
An over estimation by GM of 125mpg.
 http://www.efficient-mileage.com/electric-powered-cars.html

[JohnB]

Sounds like apples and oranges to me.  Official EPA figures are 35 miles per charge and owners are generally reporting better range than that.   http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?9993

Still not sure where the tech is.  I'm no big fan of volt and don't really know much about it but you seek to have some info you are trying to share and i'r like to get the facts straight.

[Pants!]

My issue with the car is that its a state sponsored Spruce Goose.

The millions invested should have been sprinkled through out a number of small independant car manufacturers.

But instead the money gets blown on overpaid UAW and corporate executive bonuses.

How can anyone call this progress?  If anything its criminal.