Take you next Orlando vacation in a Chevy Volt

Hitting the GM showroom in 2010 will be the first American-made electric car.

For the first time ever, General Motors Corp car manufacturer has good some news for American tourists travelling to Orlando next year. For just a sticker price of $40,000, travelers can drive a new Chevy Volt which GM estimates will achieve a whopping 230 mpg!!

With details yet to come, it's not clear how the new electric hybrid will achieve this kind of gas mileage. If the Volt travels exclusively in the City with a charge every 40 miles, theoretically the company touted 230 mpg. When the 40 miles has elapsed, a small internal combustion engine activates to recharge the battery pack.

Even with the steep sticker price, you can't beat triple digit economy for the price.
Imagine, the economy would be about 4-times more than the current champion Toyota Prius hybrid sold in the U.S. Vehicles powered by other than a combustion engine are increasing day-by-day.

With a 40-mile range, the Volt is powered by a industrial battery-pack that only requires a easy home outlet plug-in for recharging the batteries. Toyota Prius starts at $22,000 and achieves about 51 mpg.

Toyota's rival Nissan also debuted it's first electric car, The leaf selling for a comparable price. Chevy Volt will give these other hybrids a run for their money.

As long as one drives sensibly with average cargo, the Chevy Volt can travel 40 miles before it's next charge achieving 230 mpg. As soon as the vehicle travels over 40 miles, a small combustion engine engages providing electricy to power the motor for additional 300 miles. At that point, the Volt's gas mileage will probably drop below 100 mpg.

Another version of the electric car is the Tesla Roadster which renders approximately 224 miles also available in the U.S. Sticker price, $100,000, quite out of reach for the average income.

Good news, GM is working on lower priced family version of the Sadan for the average pocket book.