Anyone else let down by Chevy Cruze mpg?

[tiderfish]

Originally Posted by jason1973tl

The gas engine runs the wheels at freeway speeds. It is nothing more than a plug in Toyota Prius.

Where did you see this? Do you have a link? I thought the Volt's ICE was strictly there to charge the batteries. Though that would explain why they put in a 2.0L+ engine in there.

[cfg83]

tiderfish -

Originally Posted by tiderfish

Where did you see this? Do you have a link? I thought the Volt's ICE was strictly there to charge the batteries. Though that would explain why they put in a 2.0L+ engine in there.

No, it's not a pure series-hybrid :

Exclusive: Chevrolet Volt Chief Engineer Explains Volt Drivetrain, Says "Volt is an Electric Vehicle" | PluginCars.com

- Only the large electric motor is capable of moving the car forward on its own. The small electric motor/generator and the gas engine can only ever be combined with one of the other motive forces to drive the wheels.
- Even when the gas engine is on and partially driving the wheels, it cannot operate without electricity flowing to one of the other motors.

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[britttolbert]

I've owned a Cruze Eco 6MT for 8 years now and 187000 miles. The DIC says 40.9 MPG over the last 19000 miles (mixed driving but almost no "city" stop and go stuff) but I consistently calculate 38-39 MPG when filling it up. In the life of the car I've never seen the calculation at fill up meet or beat the DIC figure.