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Originally Posted by cab2g
But as long as you don't deplete the battery it is an EV.... so I don't see the issue. Drive less than the battery's range and you're in the clear, seems sensible to me. So people are upset that the engine is used as a backup mode of propulsion? I mean all the other hybrids (non EVs) use both engines, one or both are normally used for acceleration and the other is used solely for cruising from what I understand. The Volt still appears to be able to do both acceleration and cruising with just the electric motor. Would it be better if they just removed the gas engine and you only had a 60 mile range?
I mean sure, if the batteries were better and the gas engine was more efficient, you could supposedly use the gas engine SOLELY to recharge the batteries, but seriously how is this car still not a huge leap forward in the scope of being a totally USEABLE and PRACTICAL 0 emissions vehicle in many cases.
I mean to be honest, if people are going to complain, they should complain about the fact that the thing has a gas engine at all, man. I mean seriously it would appear with today's technology, either you get a short range EV or you have a gas engine as a backup to extend the range. Maybe they should cancel the volt until we get better technology right? I mean GM totally WANTED to trick consumers into buying the Volt just so they could secretly create emmisions and then <insert conspiracy theory here>
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Dude....you have no id...
Wait - are you complaining about complainers?