Allch Chcar -
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Originally Posted by Allch Chcar
No kidding, a turbo on a range extender was a really dumb idea. They should have just use the 1.0liter then it would have been cheaper, lighter, and more efficient. But they decided to use the Volt as a Range Extender instead of a battery charger so once the battery hits it's Depth of Discharge boom it's ICE powered till you plug in the battery. Thankfully the inefficiency of going through the generator and the drive motor is at least respectable or it'd get worse efficiency than an ICE powered Volt.
There is other variables too. The durability of a 1.0liter Turbo could be less than the 1.4liter if it was ran with the turbo running even half of the time. Turboes are not a good choice on Electric Vehicles anyway.
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I don't understand your statement. They aren't using the turbo. They are using the non-turbo 1.4. Do you mean it was a dumb idea to even *consider* the 1.0 turbo? It also appears that the 1.0 is a 3 cylinder.
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