{"id":5434,"date":"2021-01-10T00:51:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T00:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/?p=5434"},"modified":"2021-01-10T18:27:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T18:27:56","slug":"vauxhall-executives-to-drive-ampera-170-miles-from-luton-to-ellesmere-port-uk-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.abuelsamid.com\/?p=5434","title":{"rendered":"Vauxhall executives to drive Ampera 170 miles from Luton to Ellesmere Port, UK *UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vauxhall Ampera prototype \u2013 Click above for high-res image gallery<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

British drivers won't be able to get their hands on the Vauxhall<\/a> Ampera until 2012, but a pre-production example will be traversing England on June 22. Severall Vauxhall<\/a> officials will be piloting the extended range electric vehicle<\/a> from Vauxhall headquarters in Luton to the assembly plant at Ellesmere Port. That's a distance of over 170 miles which would make it the longest ever UK trip by an electric vehicle.<\/p>\n

Of course, the Ampera, which is the European version of the Chevrolet Volt<\/a>, won't be running completely emissions free since it only has a 40-mile range in the battery. Beyond that, the 1.4-liter range extender will keep the battery sufficiently charged to complete the trip. Of course, now that this trip has been announced, we're confident that some UK-based Tesla Roadster<\/a> owner will undertake a 200 mile+ trip in the days before the Ampera run.<\/p>\n

*UPDATE<\/strong>: Of course, there was <\/em> a 265-mile trip around London (twice) by the Racing Green Endurance team<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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[Source: GM<\/a>] <\/p>\n

PRESS RELEASE
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\n AMPERA E-REVS UP FOR UK'S LONGEST EV-ER ROAD TRIP<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n