Chief Engineer Andrew Farah poses with 2011 Chevrolet Volt at Dodger Stadium media drive . We have questions, readers have questions – and sometimes disagreements with what we've reported previously . So we took a notebook full of queries to Dodger Stadium this afternoon and asked the guy who ought to know just how things work on the Chevrolet Volt. This is the word, direct from Volt Chief Engineer Andrew Farah. 1) The battery and battery charging. The 16 kilowatt-hour battery has 8 kilowatts of usable energy and generally doesn't deplete below a 30 percent state of charge. Charging is accomplished from either a 120-volt or 240-volt line. Both will use the same charging port (right) and connector. The 110-volt charging cord (below, right) that plugs into any regular outlet is likely to be the …
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Chevy Volt Technical Updates From Chief Engineer Andrew Farah
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