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Car Of The Day: May 25, 2017; Hot Wheels '14 Chevrolet Volt
Topic Started: May 25 2017, 10:32 PM (352 Views)
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Today's Car Of The Day is Hot Wheels' 2014 Chevrolet Volt.

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The Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in hybrid car manufactured by General Motors, also marketed in rebadged variants as the Holden Volt in Australia and New Zealand, and with a different fascia as the Vauxhall Ampera in the United Kingdom and as the Opel Ampera in the remainder of Europe.

Sales of the 2011 Volt began in the United States in mid-December 2010, followed by various European countries and other international markets in 2011. Global combined Volt/Ampera family sales totaled about 134,500 units by the end of December 2016. The U.S. is the leading market, with 113,489 Volts delivered, followed by Canada with 8,884 Volts sold through November 2016. Just over 10,000 Opel/Vauxhall Ampera cars had been sold in Europe as of June 2016, with the Netherlands leading the European region, with almost 5,000 Amperas and over 1,000 Volts registered. The Volt/Ampera family of vehicles is the world's all-time best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle as of December 2016.

The Volt operates as a pure battery electric vehicle until its battery capacity drops to a predetermined threshold from full charge. From there its internal combustion engine powers an electric generator to extend the vehicle's range as needed. When the engine is running it may be periodically mechanically linked (by a clutch) to a planetary gear set, and hence the output drive axle, to improve energy efficiency. The Volt's regenerative braking also contributes to the on-board electricity generation. Under the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cycle, the 2013/15 model year Volt all-electric range is 38 mi (61 km), with a combined electric mode/gasoline-only rating of 62 mpg‑US (3.8 L/100 km; 74 mpg‑imp) equivalent (MPG-equivalent).

The second generation Volt's improved battery system and drivetrain increased the all-electric range to 53 miles (85 km), its EPA rated fuel economy in charge-sustaining mode to 42 mpg‑US (5.6 L/100 km; 50 mpg‑imp), and the combined city/highway fuel economy in all-electric mode to 106 MPG-e, up from 98 MPG-e. Deliveries to retail customers in the U.S. and Canada began in October 2015 as a 2016 model year.

The Volt has won several awards, including the 2009 Green Car Vision Award, 2011 Green Car of the Year, 2011 North American Car of the Year, 2011 World Green Car, 2012 European Car of the Year, and 2016 Green Car of the Year. Controversies regarding the Volt include the extent to which the U.S. federal government may have participated in the Volt’s development, which continued through General Motors' 2009 government-led bankruptcy, and concerns about the battery pack fire risk following a crash test that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) performed on a Volt in 2011. At the completion of its investigation NHTSA concluded that no discernible defect trend exists.

The production design model officially unveiled on September 16, 2008, as part of General Motors centennial celebration at the Wintergarden headquarters in Detroit. The production model differed greatly in design from the original concept car. The carmaker cited necessary aerodynamic changes needed to reduce the concept car's high drag coefficient of Cd=0.43 down to a more efficient Cd=0.28, though still somewhat higher than the Toyota Prius Cd=0.25. Another reason was the use of General Motors' new global compact vehicle platform Delta II to keep costs reasonable, and shared with the 2010 model year Chevrolet Cruze. Another significant difference from the concept car is the seating, as the production Volt seats four rather than five passengers. This change was due to the higher-than-usual central tunnel that runs from the front console to the rear seat that houses the car's T-shaped battery pack.

After the concept was put into the pipeline for production, General Motors began looking for a partner to develop the Volt's lithium-ion battery pack. The carmaker evaluated about twenty-five different battery cell chemistries and constructions from around two dozen lithium-ion battery makers around the world. Due to their more promising cell technologies, two companies were selected in June 2007, Compact Power (CPI), which uses a lithium manganese oxide (LiMn2O4) cell made by its parent company, LG Chemical; and Continental Automotive Systems, which uses lithium iron phosphate based cylindrical cells made by A123Systems. By the end of October 2007 CPI (LG Chem) delivered their finished battery pack prototypes, and A123 delivered theirs by January 2008. General Motors testing process was conducted at the laboratory the carmaker had created for the GM EV1 program. The battery packs included monitoring systems designed to keep the batteries cool and operating at optimum capacity despite a wide range of ambient temperatures. In order to make sure the battery pack would last ten years and 150,000 miles (240,000 km) expected for the battery warranty, the Volt team decided to use only half of the 16 kWh capacity to reduce the rate of capacity degradation, limiting the state of charge (SOC) up to 80% of capacity and never depleting the battery below 30%. General Motors also was expecting the battery could withstand 5,000 full discharges without losing more than 10% of its charge capacity. According to GM, as of August 2016, no batteries have been changed due to degradation.

In April 2008 General Motors started extensive battery testing. In two years the carmaker put the battery packs to the equivalent of 150,000 real-world miles (240,000 km) and ten years of use. The durability of the battery pack was tested for a broad range of extreme ambient conditions including a shaker table to simulate potholes and a thermal chamber, to simulate temperatures varying from 116 °F (47 °C), typical of the Southwest deserts, to −40 °F (−40 °C) typical of the Alaska tundra. In April 2008 the lithium-ion battery pack was placed in Chevrolet Malibus fitted with the Volt powertrain to be used as test mules for further real-world testing. In October 2008 General Motors chose CPI (LG Chemical) to provide the battery systems for the first production version of the Volt. In July 2008 General Motors confirmed that a non-turbocharged, 1.4 L 4-cylinder engine would be used as the range extender, and that the intention was to build it in Flint, Michigan. In April 2009, General Motors allowed journalists to test the Volt powertrain in the body of Chevrolet Cruze sedans used as test mules which lacked the range-extending generator at the GM Technical Center in Warren, Michigan.

The first pre-production test car based on the final Volt design was built in June 2009, in Warren, Michigan, and by October 2009, 80 Volts had been built and were tested under various conditions. On March 31, 2010, the first factory-built Volt was produced at the Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant in order to test the production line and for quality control purposes, both of the tooling and the pre-production vehicles produced before regular production began.

Tony Posawatz was the Volt Vehicle Line Director from 2006 to 2012, and he was known as employee #1 and led the team from concept to production.


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For more information and pictures of the real car, please visit: Chevrolet Volt

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A hot rodded Volt. The things I buy to keep Car of The Day interesting...

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Harvestman
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...no thanks.
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chris.p
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Harvestman
May 26 2017, 01:58 PM
...no thanks.
This model isn't in my collection either...

Now if they'd done a stock one......

Chris
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
chris.p
May 26 2017, 05:32 PM
Harvestman
May 26 2017, 01:58 PM
...no thanks.
This model isn't in my collection either...

Now if they'd done a stock one......
Gonna take a wild stab in the dark that this one isn't getting either of your votes for Car Of The Week. ;)

Nor is it getting mine.
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Old eyes...I thought I read "pig in" and was about to agree when I realized it read "plug in."

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Stampede
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What they did with the Model S casting was acceptable (spoiler and up-sloped chin) to differentiate it from the Matchbox version.

But this, I have no words.
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pjedsel
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We will give you a :thumbup: for buying this for COTD - guessing we might see it in the flea market down the road. :lol: I know Hot Wheels does the Hot Wheels thing with many of their cars but would have been nice to have this as a stock version.
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
pjedsel
May 26 2017, 08:58 PM
guessing we might see it in the flea market down the road.
It's not worth the postage. :P Besides, if anyone wants one I'm sure they're clogging the pegs everywhere by now. ;)
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
A sad effort by HW, which will draw sales mainly by the completist collectors. It is doomed to be relegated to a fantasy 5 pack or the Easter car series. Yesterday I saw THREE sidekickers just put out on the aisles at a WM, all full. What a death march that will be. Good timing. WM...
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Swifty
May 26 2017, 09:11 PM
pjedsel
May 26 2017, 08:58 PM
guessing we might see it in the flea market down the road.
It's not worth the postage. :P Besides, if anyone wants one I'm sure they're clogging the pegs everywhere by now. ;)
It would be a fantastic candidate for the annual banger race.
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Banger as in, with a hammer.
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Swifty
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Harvestman
May 27 2017, 04:03 AM
Swifty
May 26 2017, 09:11 PM
pjedsel
May 26 2017, 08:58 PM
guessing we might see it in the flea market down the road.
It's not worth the postage. :P Besides, if anyone wants one I'm sure they're clogging the pegs everywhere by now. ;)
It would be a fantastic candidate for the annual banger race.
Yes!
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chris.p
May 26 2017, 05:32 PM
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May 26 2017, 01:58 PM
...no thanks.
This model isn't in my collection either...

Now if they'd done a stock one......

Chris
Maisto has (had?) one they released back about 2010.
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