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That's because it is driven by electricity. The generator is turned by the ICE creating electricity. All that happens is if you are going up an extreme grade (and no not my driveway) the ICE can be used to provide direct propulsion. It is rare, as I understand it. In my opinion they are taking advantage of a feature in the propulsion system for an extreme event to remove even more anxiety from the customer of an EV.
That is what the Volt is about. Providing an EV with none of the fears. But that is my opinion.
I don't see anything misleading in what you highlighted. Everything stated there is true. There are just some extreme events or situations that might leave a customer wanting to be able to go the speed limit up a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains.
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"Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley
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