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Originally Posted by Number 3
Wait, what? 0 - 60 in under 8 seconds? A tested 130 mile range (albeit flat, no wind, no cold) range?
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That's what I was alluding to...in terms of overall range, the car didn't deliver to the levels that would have been necessary to really have it make sense for people...today's levels. The battery technology just wasn't there back then.
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Originally Posted by LOWDOWN
So, along comes Nissan, a "known" entity, with THEIR version... SAME passenger capacity as the Tesla S, but HALF as much again, net price...LESS curb weight...
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And HALF the practicality...hehehe
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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Number 3, I hate having to disagree with you but I would have thought you were aware of the fact that there are two forms of gas electric hybrid: series and parallel. With a parallel, the two systems can operate either independently or co-operatively. With a series hybrid, there is only one method of propelling a car but the secondary system is still there when needed. Volt is a series hybrid, while all other current automotive hybrids are parallel. Even though the Volt isn't a parallel hybrid, its still a hybrid. To call it an electric vehicle would mean that all the parallel hybrids capable of going up to X miles or Y speed without the gas engine turning on should also be called EV's.
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Series and Range-Extended Electric Vehicle will...if they haven't already...come to mean the same thing. The Volt is both an electric vehicle with combustion assist AND a series-parallel hybrid vehicle.
Both arguments could be defended fiercely...because they're the same thing. hehe