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No, I'm not. I just feel it's disingenuous to refer to a gas-burning car as an electric vehicle comparable a Tesla or a Leaf or a Bolt. If we want to treat the
by chc 11y ago
No, I'm not. I just feel it's disingenuous to refer to a gas-burning car as an electric vehicle comparable a Tesla or a Leaf or a Bolt.
If we want to treat the Volt as an EV, we should talk about it as only being able to go 40 miles. On the other hand, if we want to talk about the Volt having a 400-mile range, we are talking about burning gas most of the time.
I'm not saying you need to defend your car. I'm glad you enjoy it. My friend with a Mustang also enjoys her car, but she doesn't try to tell people it's the same thing as a Tesla. That's all I'm saying — a gas-powered car that can go short distances on battery power might be the best bang for your buck, but it just isn't the same thing as a long-range EV.
- sremani 11y ago@chc, having rolled over 20,000 miles on Electric motor, I get to say it is Electric. It is classified PHEV. Splitting semantics is useless, I drive 30+ electric miles daily on it. It burns gas but rarely. If you have interest, go check voltstats.net, there is every kind of use case there. More than 80% of my miles are Electric. EV enthusiasts from times unknown consider PHEV as a subcategory of EV, but different from BEV. But BEVs and PHEVs are compared against each other. This is not the first time and this will not be the last time.