<P> Tony Posawatz was the Volt Vehicle Line Director from 2006 to 2012, and he was known as employee #1 and led the team from concept to production . </P> <Dl> <Dt> Official introduction </Dt> </Dl> <P> General Motors held a ceremony at its Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant on November 30, 2010, to introduce the first Chevrolet Volt off the assembly line . The first Volt built for retail sale was earmarked for display at General Motors' Heritage Center museum in Sterling Heights, Michigan . The second unit was offered at a public auction, with an opening bid of US $50,000 and it was won by Rick Hendrick who paid US $225,000 . The proceeds went to fund math and sciences education in Detroit through the Detroit Public Schools Foundation . Deliveries to retail customers in the United States began in mid December 2010 . Volt deliveries began in Canada in September 2011 . The first deliveries of the Chevrolet Volt in Europe took place in November 2011 . The European version of the Volt, the Opel Ampera, was released to retail customers in Europe in February 2012 . Deliveries of the right - hand drive Vauxhall Ampera in the UK began in May 2012 . The Holden Volt was released in Australia in December 2012 . </P> <P> The 2011 Chevrolet Volt has a 16 kWh / 45 A h (10.4 kWh usable) lithium - ion battery pack that can be charged by plugging the car into a 120 - 240 VAC residential electrical outlet using the provided SAE J1772 - compliant charging cord . No external charging station is required . The Volt is propelled by an electric motor with a peak output of 111 kW (149 hp) delivering 273 lb ft (370 N m) of torque . Capacity of the battery pack was increased to 16.5 kWh (10.9 kWh usable) for 2013 models, which increased the all - electric range from 35 to 38 mi (56 to 61 km). Other specifications remained the same . The battery pack capacity was increased to 17.1 kWh for 2015 models . This incremental upgrade is likely to reflect in an improvement in range over previous model years, but as of July 2014, the 2015 Volt has not been re-certified with the EPA . </P>

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