Chevy Volt Gets 53-Mile Battery-Only Range Rating From U.S.

The General Motors Co. (GM) Chevrolet 2016 Volt vehicle is unveiled during the 2015 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).
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By David Welch

August 4, 2015 at 4:01 AM UTC

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General Motors Co. said U.S. regulators affirmed a 53-mile (85-kilometer) range using only the batteries of the revamped Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, an increase of almost 40 percent from the initial version.

The 2016 Volt can go as far as 420 miles on a full electric charge and its gasoline-powered generator that takes over when the batteries are drained, GM said in a statement Tuesday.