point to Chevy for employ GPS in a magnificent fashion . Their fresh Volt feature secure - in electric battery powering an electric engine that , while promising , are only safe for a 40 - mi range without gas backup . So what do you do if you want to burn as footling gas as possible , other than appease far below 40 miles of drive ? To maximise battery use , the Volt ’s Global Positioning System gauges how far you are from rest home and coordinates when / if the integrated gasoline - based source should function to reload the assault and battery . In other words , the car is smart enough to know whether you ’re 2 miles away from reload or whether you are trapped in the desert with no hope in site . Nothing technically impressive here , just voguish design . [ Jalopnik ]
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