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I only read the Ford Energi forums sporadically but the reduced EV range may be due to using electric heating. The PiP doesn't have electric...
More nonsense.... GM's proposed definition of EREV was published as an SAE paper around April 2008 and the parallel aspect of the Volt...
Right, if you keep it in "EV now" mode. It has the performance of a 1980 Ford Pinto but that's okay for many folks. I'd be okay with it.
Aha! I was just pointing out this bogus EREV definitional claim.... There is no such requirement that "full" power EV mode have identical...
I read his article that you quoted above. The link is: My Vision of Gen 2.0 Volt. It's true that GM sensibly reused the transmission case and...
Huh? I don't understand what you are saying. As for the Energi, it is less likely to start the gas engine during modest acceleration but even it...
If someone wants a "Volt with a smaller battery pack" they can buy a Ford C-MAX Energi or a Prius Plugin. GM doesn't need to provide that trim...
It sounds like you're maybe talking about the Prius Plugin, right? When did Toyota announce the larger battery pack option? :)
Right, so HV is not "better" than EV for highway driving in the PiP using US average grid and it's CO2 emissions. The ratio of betterness might...
The 2013 LEAF is rated as 115 MPGe combined -- 129 MPGe city and 102 MPGe highway. The emissions show 190 g/mi on the US average and 120 g/mi in...
This particular line of discussion around abstract generation efficiency is bizarre. Yes, solar panels are ~20% efficient at capturing the energy...
It's mostly about the size of the battery. As usbseawolf2000 noted, Toyota has decided they can only draw a peak of 38 kW (about 50 hp) from the...
I have no way of reading the raw battery SOC at the moment, I'm just observing range and the energy it takes to do a full charge from empty. The...
There are 36 Volts (about 1.8%) over 50,000 total miles and 3 are over 100,000 total miles on Voltstats.net which only includes owners who...
I put MXV4 tires on my Volt and immediately saw a 10% drop in mpg and EV range from old worn down tires. This has only recovered somewhat after...
Yup. I've got 74,000 miles on my 2011 Volt of which 48,000 are from EV mode after charging the battery. I'm seeing, at most, about 2-3%...
Instead of compromising the power split gearing ratios to slow down MG1 and increase the engine-off EV speed they could do something similar to...
Hmm, if they could just add a couple of clutches to detach MG2 and the wheels from the ring gear....
I don't claim to know much about their funding or corruption level but it is an interesting datapoint. Consumer Reports also shows a strong...
Here is the description of the survey from JD Powers: Time will tell about the results for later model years. My own car has been free of any...
