>> what kinda mileage does it get at -15deg???
I r a engineer so I can calculate that for you.
How much do you eat, and how fast can you push a car?
what kinda mileage does it get at -15deg???Assuming it will even move at that temp...from Wiki:"On August 2009, GM released their estimated city fuel economy rating for the Volt of 230 mpg of gasoline."
My Excursion does MUCH better than that. We have almost 200,000 miles on the thing and have never put a single gallon of gasoline in it. (It's a diesel.)
>> what kinda mileage does it get at -15deg???
Hi Chode, I'll try to answer that.
Volt's pack is very heavily engineered, and unlike a lot of electric cars' battery packs, is thermally conditioned. Meaning, it has a liquid cooling/heating system to optimize the pack's performance and battery life. YES, in some conditions, this does cost some efficiency/range, especially in winter. But when it comes to physics, TANSTAAFL applies ("there ain't no such thing as a free lunch").
Volt has been heavily tested at both high and low temperature extremes. In addition to being frozen and heated in their battery lab (in conjunction with power cycling, vibration testing, immersion testing etc.) they've field tested the car in a lot of extreme situations like deserts, mountains, and northern Canada in winter.
Have a look at this, for example:
Volt temperature testing Be sure to watch the first video, which was filmed in Kapuskasing, Ontario in the dead of winter. I get cold just watching that!!
what kinda mileage does it get at -15deg???