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The Volt has already been on sale in America for some months now, and surveys already show that the average owner travels more than 1000 miles before having to top up with fuel.

Volt Industrial Plastics, founded by Joe Volltrauer in 1992, is now one of the world's leading manufacturers of plastic fasteners.

While the savings at the pump is substantial, the $43,000 price tag on his Volt means Mr.

According to the company, the first Volts are ready for distribution to customers in Michigan, California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Texas and the U.S.

Running on gasoline alone, the Volt will have a traditional EPA fuel economy rating of 37 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving.

Industry tracking firm Edmunds.com said that while the Volt might fall short of mileage expectations, it would still be the most fuel-efficient mass-market vehicle and would help GM to break its association with gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs.

Toyota is developing a rechargeable Prius, but it appears the Volt could be the first vehicle of its kind in US showrooms.

Working closely with GM aerodynamicists to shape the Volt, design and engineering teams developed one of the most aerodynamic vehicles in GM's history.

The earliest the Volt will roll out is 2010, even though GM is concentrating all its muscle to bring the car to market.

Since GM announced plans to put Volt into production--in 2010--the project has been a frequent target of scepticism.

Microprocessors normally work with 5 volts DC (some of the newer models work with 2.7 volts DC, which makes them even more sensitive to small power anomalies).

This new product family functions at 3.3 volt PCI-X 64-bit 33, 66, 100, 133 MHz bus speeds while still being backwards compatible with the traditional 5 volt PCI bus operating at 33 MHz speeds.

In the background (photo, top right) is the 12 volt lamp I made (see article last issue).

Features include all-laser welded stainless steel design for media isolation; custom ASIC provides signal conditioning for calibration and temperature compensation; standard and customer options available for OEM quantities; 5 volt input with 0.5 to 4.5 volt output; and 8 to 30 volt input with 4-20mA and 1 to 5 volt output.

This would solve a number .of problems for the automotive industry, including giving time for suppliers, who are not yet ready with all 42 volt components, to design and test them.