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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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I understand yourpoint and fundamentally you are correct. GMs point is that the engine never propels the vehicle, it only supplies electricity. So if you had a solar cell on the roof of the car that supplied electricity (a bogus proposition today) would you still call it a hybrid because it had two sources of electricity?
A lot of "marketing" lingo for sure. But GM does not consider it a hybrid, which was my point and makes you no less correct.