{"id":2224,"date":"2021-01-10T00:42:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T00:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2021-01-10T20:06:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T20:06:15","slug":"chevy-volt-heads-to-pikes-peak-to-practice-mountain-climbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/?p=2224","title":{"rendered":"Chevy Volt heads to Pikes Peak to practice mountain climbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Chevrolet Volt prototype at Pikes Peak &#8211; click above for high-res image gallery<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the main concerns that many people have about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/chevrolet\/volt\/\">Chevy Volt<\/a> is how well it will perform when running in charge sustaining mode with the engine-generator cranking away. While we haven&#x27;t yet had an opportunity to try out any of the Volts or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/chevrolet\/cruze\/\">Cruze<\/a> mules operating in this fashion, the engineering team has. John Blanchard, the lead calibration engineer for the engine-generator, has posted on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chevroletvoltage.com\/index.php\/Blog\/volt-reaches-new-heights.html\">Voltage<\/a> blog about a recent trip to Pikes Peak in Colorado with the Volt prototypes.<\/p>\n<p>According to Blanchard, the Volt got to the top of the 14,110 foot peak faster than anticipated and did a good job of replenishing the battery on the downhill run. What is not clear is exactly what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/gm\/\">GM<\/a> has been anticipating. The engine generator only puts out a bit over 100 hp while the traction motor has a 160 hp output. We know the Volt will be able to draw down the battery below its 30-35 percent depletion point for transient full power acceleration, using regen and surplus energy from the generator to replenish it back to depleted mode when the load drops off.<\/p>\n<p>A sustained uphill run like this means that either the car will loose a significant amount of performance or draw the battery way down. Until we have a chance to talk to Blanchard or someone else on the team, we won&#x27;t know for sure which it is.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.aolcdn.com\/dims-global\/dims3\/GLOB\/legacy_thumbnail\/1049x590\/quality\/80\/http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/green.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/pikespeak2hires.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/10\/07\/chevy-volt-heads-to-pikes-peak-to-practice-mountain-climbing\/<\/p>\n<p>2009-10-07T13:31:00+00:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chevrolet Volt prototype at Pikes Peak &#8211; click above for high-res image gallery<br \/>\nOne of the main concerns that many people have about the Chevy Volt is how well it will perform when running in charge sustaining mode with the engine-generator cranking\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autoblog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13267,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224\/revisions\/13267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}