US EPA Has Not Confirmed The Volts 230MPG – Nissan’s LEAF Apparently Gets 367 MPG

Hybrid/Electric, Miscellaneous | Dean | August 12, 2009 at 16:34

Yesterday we reported about the Chevrolet Volt receiving 25 miles per gallon, where General Motors now said that it will cost around $2.75 in electricity to travel 100 miles. After GM said this the US EPA commented by saying that they have not yet independently tested the Volt, and this means that they could not confirm GM’s fuel claim.

The Volt will use a lithium-ion battery pack, and this pack will have over 200 individual lithium-ion cells which are connected to a range of computer controllers and also a liquid cooling system. The batteries will allow the car to travel up to 65km the batteries before a small petrol engine kicks in to recharge the batteries.

Alongside this report comes the news about the 2012 Nissan LEAF which will achieve an even better fuel economy. Nissan said that their rating was calculated on the EPA rating system, just like the Volt. The US EPA has not yet tested either of these cars, and it is just speculation.

Nissan decided to use Twitter to release these figures, as they wrote, “Nissan Leaf = 367 mpg, no tailpipe, and no gas required. Oh yeah, and it’ll be affordable too!”

The LEAF will arrive in Europe next year some time.