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Originally Posted by wainair
In September I bought a Volt and have been enjoying the car immensely.
It is completely different to drive than a conventional hybrid and will need new techniques to get the best mileage out of the generator.
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Since you own a volt does the volt keep two separate odometers one for gas miles and one for electric? Despite all the press I would own a volt if it weren't $39k
Would be a neat piece of machinery to own despite its limitations.
What we really need though is an ecomodder to analyse how to get the CS mode the most efficient, maybe make a joystick like the honda insight to control or FIX the CS mode output to whatever load/RPM is most effiicient.
Or possible modify the ECU for eco driving.
I am told a few frugal drivers have figured out how to make mountain mode work more efficiently than CS by engaging it early on long trips and really watching their throttle.