Second look at Chevy Volt: 127 miles per gallon?

Motor Trend has revealed that in 299 miles of normal driving over two weeks, their test Volt actually managed to get 126.7-mpg. That’s incredibly impressive, even if it’s only about half the figure GM announced with a lot of fanfare last year.

At one point in Motor Trend’s test, they hammered the car over a 122 mile loop that took them out into the California desert, and the car still managed to achieve 74.6-mpg. That’s way better than a Prius can get on a good day. Still, with so much of the Volt’s power coming from your wall socket, making direct comparisons is a fuzzy science at best. Apparently, the EPA still hasn’t decided quite how they will rate the Volt’s fuel economy.