Check The Status Of Your Battery — Your Chevy Volt’s Battery, That Is [New App]

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Apparently, OnStar thinks the iPhone isn't photogenic enough; their promo images exclusively feature Droids. Hmmm...
Apparently, OnStar thinks the iPhone isn't photogenic enough; their promo images exclusively feature Droids. Hmmm...

Potential and current (see what I did there) Chevrolet Volt owners will be pleased to hear that the mostly electric car’s iPhone app will finally be hitting the App Store at the end of October.

The app includes a ton of interesting controls and features: Charge the Volt immediately or schedule a charge time; check charge status and battery level; display expected range; and display various data tracked while driving like how many miles were electric-only, how many were gas. That’s on top flashy functions like being able to start the car from the app and mess with the door locks.

An OnStar spokesperson told us the Volt comes with five years of free OnStar service — other cars get six months free — and that the app will be free for the iPhone (and the Droid — sorry, Blackberry). Not impressed with (mostly) electric vehicles? OnStar will be making the app (sans Volt-specific functions) available for about a dozen or so additional OnStar-equipped cars in the near future.

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