Owners often want to optimize their electric mileage, but the engine would always kick in to run the heating system as soon as it would get cold. It has been a problem for Volt owners who live in cold climates for a long time. The other big change is an update to the Volt’s automatic engine-assisted heating system, which can now be deferred until the temperature is much lower. Funny enough, GM’s staff on trip were following us in Bolt EVs. Side note: To be fair, we would have also made the whole trip on electric milage with the Bolt EV without having to charge. Nonetheless, we got more electric miles on this trip than we would have with a previous version of the Volt. To be fair, I wasn’t aiming for efficiency and I driving at a somewhat high speed on the highway for the whole trip back to the hotel. I was able to get about 30 more electric miles on the highway before the engine kicked back on. I paired up with Dan Edmunds, Director of Vehicle Testing at Edmunds, to drive a new black 2019 Volt from Burlington to Waitsfield in Vermont.Īt this point we could’ve drove back on gas, but we stopped for about 3 hours at Ben and Jerry’s, where they installed several level 2 charging stations, and with the new 7.2 kW onbard charger, we were able to get a full charge. Here’s the drive that we did yesterday for example. If you have access to level 2 charging at work or you are often driving relatively long distances with the car, the new charge rate will make a big difference. It comes standard on the ‘Premier trim’ higher-end version, but you will have to pay $750 for it if you want the base Volt.įor people with short commutes who want to just charge on level 1 overnight, it won’t make a difference, but it is worth the money for everyone else. You can see the full list of updates at the bottom of this article and here we will focus on the two most important changes, which have to with charging and the powertrain.įirst off, Chevy is now offering a more powerful charger with twice the capacity: 7.2 kW. GM invited us to Vermont to learn more and try the new version of the Volt, along with the new 2019 Bolt EV, but as we previously reported, the new Bolt EV model doesn’t feature as big of an update as its big brother.Īs for the 2019 Chevy Volt, it is still the second generation Volt first introduced in 2016, but it does feature more significant upgrades with the 2019 model year.Īfter 141,000 cars delivered and more than 2.8 billion EV miles, GM took feedback from their customers to improve the plug-in hybrid.
Now with the 2019 model year, Chevy is enabling you to use the battery pack even more with faster charging and less reliance on the engine.
It is enough for most people to cover their daily commute and we often hear about Volt owners not having to fill up their gas tank in months or even years.
The Chevy Volt is the exception with its 53 miles of EPA range. All Rights Reserved.At Electrek, we try to focus on all-electric vehicles and not plug-in hybrids because they most often offer only very little electric range. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2019 and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc.2019. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. And GM says the engine has also been tuned to provide better driving performance. The new electric drive system, which includes the electric motors and gears, also weighs about 100 pounds less. The 2016 Volt will use smaller, lighter battery packs that store more energy than those in today's Volt. Owners can often drive to work and back, for instance, and charge the car overnight without using any gas. That's because even 38 miles - let alone the 53 miles the new car will provide - is already more than most people drive on a typical day. For comparison, a non-hybrid Honda Civic gets about 33 miles per gallon combined.Įven owners of the current Volt model often go weeks or months without refilling the gas tank, according to GM ( GM) and Volt owner Web sites. That's up from 37 miles per gallon for the current Volt. When the new Volt is powered by the gasoline engine it will get about 42 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving. Even then, there will still be notable improvements.
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