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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw
I think there is a difference between those two. A series hybrid is an electric car with a generator engine large enough keep a charge for as long as it has fuel, no matter how you drive. A range extender is an electric car with a small engine which adds some juice to the batteries (or actually slows down their rate of discharge), but not enough to allow any type of drive for an indefinite time. At a slow speed the small genny may barely charge the batts, but the generator will supply only, say, 80% of the power needed to sustain highway speed. The car will have to slow down when the batteries discharge, though this will happen after a distance 5 times greater than without the engine.
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No difference, don't fall for the GM marketing scheme. Its a hybrid not electric car. Since it carries an ICE and fuel for the ICE it is a hybrid, a series hybrid at that. An electric car only carries batteries, no ICE.
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