Owners of the Chevrolet Volt take plugging in seriously. According to Chevrolet, they drive on battery power 60 percent of the time, taking advantage of the Volt’s 53-mile electric range—the most of any plug-in hybrid in the U.S. market. Among the changes to the Volt for the 2019 model year are several important upgrades that are aimed directly at a target audience that plugs in as much as possible and even gamifies keeping gasoline use to a minimum. Most noteworthy is that the 2019 Chevrolet Volt charges in about half the time of the 2018 model when it’s hooked up to a Level 2 (240-volt) AC charger such as what you’d install in a garage or encounter in a shopping center. By giving the Volt a 7.2-kW onboard charger—the same as in the fully electric Bolt EV—Chevy brings the time for a full charge of the Volt down to just under two hours and 20 minutes. The Volt doesn’t offer the Bolt EV’s optional CCS-format DC fast-charging that can make charging times even shorter—adding 90 miles of range to the Bolt in about 30 minutes, according to Chevy. But the 7.2-kW equipment should be a welcome upgrade for the Volt, and will likely allow many more scenarios in which drivers will return to a full charge—a long lunch, or a shopping trip, for instance. Also for 2019, Chevy has cranked up the level of brake regeneration, to provide stronger deceleration via either the Low or Regen on Demand (steering-wheel paddle) modes. Drivers can set a much lower temperature at which the engine automatically fires up to run the heater. Doing so relies instead on resistive heating, which can quickly eat through the car’s all-electric range, but if the trip is short they’ll do it without use of the gasoline engine. The 2019 model gets a number of general feature upgrades, too. A power driver’s seat is included in Volt Premier models and optional on the LT, and the adaptive cruise control now allows conventional cruise control if desired. Other improvements include a revamped pedestrian-alert system and a tire-fill system that sounds the horn when the correct pressure is reached. Meanwhile, the wireless charging pad for phones has been moved ahead of the shifter. New seat upholstery and a new Pacific Blue exterior hue and Jet Black/Porcelain Blue interior color scheme have been added.There’s also a new dealer-installed blackout package. The 2019 Chevrolet Volt arrives in dealerships this fall. And if those changes don’t make much of a difference to you, it’s likely there’ll be some better deals on the 2018 model in the meantime.
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