We’ve shared with you many of General Motors’ green vehicles, including the 2009 Sierra 2-Mode Hybrid, the Saturn VUE Green Line Hybrid and the Chevy Malibu Hybrid, as well as the news that GM Made Spain a Bit Greener by opening the world’s largest solar power panel plant, but now the car company is claiming that its new electric vehicle will be the first mass-produced vehicle to achieve a triple digit mpg rating!

The Chevrolet Volt is GM’s latest electric vehicle to amaze consumers with its 230 mpg city driving rating. No other green vehicle has been able to achieve this kind of gas mileage status, and GM hopes to keep it this way.

The Volt

The Chevy Volt is the answer to years of customers complaining that GM had failed to bring an electric vehicle to the market. Well, over a decade ago the company did produce the EV-1, but the electric vehicle failed and became the subject of the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

After the backlash of the film, GM decided to produce what many consider will be the greenest vehicle on the market. Why?

• The first 40 miles in a fully charged Volt is largely powered by the battery
• The car can extend its range to more than 300 miles with its flex fuel-powered engine-generator
• Almost no gasoline will be required

A person will have to stop to recharge the car along the way, but that’s a small price to pay for such an eco-friendly vehicle.

So, will this new electric vehicle be the hit that GM needs to pull itself out of the economic slump? We shall see.

Source: The Washington Post