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Originally Posted by derklug
Sorry, 3, never was in a meeting, but that was what the GM guys at the Detroit Auto show were calling it the first year that a prototype was displayed. They were saying you could drive it off of the electric all week, and then use it like a hybrid on the weekends. I just assumed that marketing types were more involved with the final designation than the engineering types.
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Sorry Derklug no need to apologize. I realize I came off as an &$;/() and that wasn't my intent.
From the beginning as an engineering program the Volt was considered a game changer not a hybrid. Internally it had a name indicating the flexible nature of the powertrain but it was always considered an EV first and foremost. The plus or game changing aspect was the eliminate of range anxiety. GM knew this from the EV1 and many other customer clinics and surveys.
What probably happened was marketing trying to keep up with the Volt technology rather than the other way around.