General Motors officials announced one of the main advantages of the future Chevrolet Volt, 100% electric future model of the group: will consume 1 l/100 km in town!

According to they, the gas engine serves only to charge the battery on the Chevrolet Volt and will consume on average 1.02 l / 100 km running in the city, equivalent of 230 miles per gallon in the American system. In these circumstances, the Volt will be over four times more efficient than the new generation of Toyota Prius, which displayed 4.6 l / 100 km consumption in the city.

Chevrolet Volt will be able to move through the city 64 kilometers exclusively with the electric motor without the classical gas engine to intervene and begin to charge the battery. After this limit, the gas engine will begin to recharge the battery, but it will not spin the car wheels, this task is exclusively awarded to the electric motor.

Although virtually have two different engines, Volt is not considered a hybrid because the gas engine is not tied directly to the wheels, so it’s an electric car. At this time, the Toyota Prius is considered one of the most efficient models on the market, Toyota hybrid sold 159,000 units only in the United States last year.

According to Bob Lutz the Chevrolet Volt will be produced in 60,000 units a year, following the price of a copy to rise to about $ 40,000.

In Europe, the Chevrolet Volt will be sold under the Opel brand, and the official name will be Opel Ampera.