There's plenty going on in the instrument panel, which is made up of a pair of LCD screens that flank a Driver Information Center to compete for your attention. I kept my eye on the dash, which is almost impossible not to do in the Volt.
I was very eager to see what happens when you run the Volt out of battery power, so the very first thing I did when it showed up at my house was to take a long drive. With a 240-volt charge, a full charge cycle takes "about 4 hours." Volt features a standard J1772 socket behind a flap on its front driver's side fender, which is compatible with most of the public charging stations in my area, and probably in yours, too. The batteries can be charged from "empty" to "full" in about 10 - 16 hours on normal household current, according to GM. Volt's lithium-ion battery pack can power the vehicle for about 38 miles with absolutely no gasoline assistance. The Volt also has a regenerative braking system that recovers some of the energy of braking as a charge to the batteries. The 1.4-liter gasoline engine under the hood functions as a generator, creating juice for the electric motor. Simply put, all of the power that goes to the wheels of the Volt goes through its 111 kW (149 hp equivalent) electric motor. Volt is a different kind of gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle. You've heard all the hoopla about the Volt - which is sold as the Vauxhall or Opel Ampera in Europe, and as the Holden Volt in Australia. Volt debuted to much acclaim as a 2011 model, and has undergone only minor changes in the two model years that followed.
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