A teaser of the new Chevrolet Volt has been released on the internet through social media, with the accompanying subtitle confirming a full public debut is set for the Detroit motor show this coming January.
Focused on the second-generation plug-in hybrid’s rear badges, the picture itself doesn’t provide much away, although our newest spy shots suggest the general proportions will bring over, best down to the exact same low nose as well as steeply rising waistline.
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The Volt is expected to stick with some type of the present petrol engine as well as electric motor hybrid system, too, although Chevrolet owner GM might decrease the size of the battery pack to keep costs down as well as cut weight.
While this will result in a shorter electric-only range, GM sees this as a required step for both the Volt as well as its Vauxhall Ampera sibling car, with bosses explaining the existing designs as “simply as well expensive.”
“In the coming years I don’t believe you will requirement 100km [62 miles] of electric range,” exposed Thomas Sedran, GM’s Vice president of technique as well as Operations. “Around 30 to 50km [18 to 30 miles] ought to be sufficient to get you in as well as out of town as well as after that you still have the range-extender engine to help.”
Such a relocation would tally with recent comments made by Opel/Vauxhall manager Karl-Thomas Neumann, who verified the brand’s next variety of electric cars will “continue to drive down costs as well as provide affordability.” The objective is clearly to pitch a noticeably decreased cost label for the Ampera’s successor right here in the UK, which currently starts at £28,750 after the government’s £5000 reward for plug-in cars and trucks has been deducted.
