Chevrolet Volt 'could help to improve driving styles'

Date: 4/5/2012

The Chevrolet Volt could encourage people to improve their driving style when out on the road.

It features a touch screen to provide motorists with energy efficiency data from their most recent journey by assessing their style and interior climate settings.

This may lead individuals to adopt a smoother and safer style of driving in a bid to keep their energy consumption as low as possible.

Similarly, energy usage data reveals statistics from when the vehicle was last charged, such as total kWh and fuel consumption, as well as fuel economy.

The electric car, which aims to replicate the experience of driving a normal petrol-fuelled vehicle, is capable of accelerating from 0-60mph in nine seconds and has a top speed of 99mph.

It also qualifies for the government's Plug-In Car Grant and is exempt from the London congestion charge.

Other vehicles that qualify for the Plug-In Car Grant include the Citroen CZero, the Nissan Leaf, the Peugeot iOn and the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid.

Posted by Nick Anderson