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Do I have to plug the Chevy Volt in?

Well, you don't have to do anything. However, you'll significantly increase your range if you plug in the Chevy Volt when you can. Let's say you have a 40 mile round-trip commute. When you get home, you plug the Volt into your regular 120-volt outlet and let it recharge for the night. If that's all you do – and, we assume, you go easy on the accelerator – your gasoline engine would rarely turn on. By contrast, a Toyota Prius doesn't get plugged in, but it relies on its gasoline engine to produce nearly all of the electricity stored in the batteries. 

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