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Old 07-08-2008, 08:43 PM   #25 (permalink)
tholland
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Re: GM To Reduce Gas Tank Size for Volt

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Originally Posted by member12 View Post
Not sure about that.

Drive all day for work on battery power, but at the end of the day your car is spent and you only have a 7 gallons of gas (7x35mpg....245 miles), and not enough range to make it all the way to a weekend getaway.
IIRC the mileage with the gen set running all the time is closer to 50mpg.
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