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Chevy Volt's still Gliding in China smoothly
Although some senators opposed the plan for the Chevrolet Volt to market environmentally friendly cars in China for fear of this advanced car technology dicontek China, electric cars are finally landed in the country remains a bamboo curtain.
The presence of extended-range electric car that has a standard 5-star safety in China is also the first time outside the United States. This is in line with the target set by the CEO who wanted to Akerson in 2012 GM will be producing 60,000 volts to 15,000 of them for export.
Previously two American senators, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, said if very risky market to sell the Volt to China because China is currently trying to steal cars technology U.S. manufacturers.
Both even have sent a letter directly to U.S. Commerce Secretary, Rebecca Blank for fear that the Chevrolet Volt electric car technology will be stolen.
Chevrolet Volt itself is a semi-electric car that is claimed to have high levels of fuel efficiency. General Motors is the manufacturer says that the car can travel up to 1,600 km with a single content of gasoline.
Chevrolet Volt fuel consumption is estimated at 2.5 liters/100 km when driven under electric power alone and 6.3 liters/100 miles when traveling is done in gasoline mode.
And if taken within a period far this car with a gasoline engine with an electric motor is turned at the same time, the Chevrolet Volt is expected to have a fuel efficiency up to 3.9 liters/100 km.
In addition, the Chevrolet Volt is also able to reach a distance of 64 km using only 16 kWh lithium ion battery was carrying. While a conventional gasoline engine in the car is useful as a generator to produce electricity that will propel the car when the battery runs out of energy.
That way, the Chevrolet Volt can run up to 160 miles per hour with acceleration from rest to 100 km per hour in just 9 seconds. In addition, this car is also capable of spraying power up to 149 hp and peak torque of 370 Nm at the numbers.
If you want to charge the battery power, the owner of the car's battery is sufficiently striking to the electrical plug in the house. It took 4 hours to fully charge the battery when diasup electricity at 240 volts.
To market, as reported by The Detroit Bureau, Friday (25/11/2011) GM with his business partner in China such as SAIC already set up 13 dealerships that will be tasked to market this car in 8 cities from Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Guangzhou, Shenzhen to Foshan with a starting price of 498 thousand RMB.
