Thread: What would it take to make a range-extended series hybrid?
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Old 03-28-2010, 04:18 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sprkthead2 View Post
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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We're just talking about two different things: You're explaining that in automotive nomenclature "series hybrid"="range extender", or something like that. Yes, strictly speeking an electric has no ICE or fuel in it, and anything with both ICE and electric is a hybrid. In my previous post I wasn't strictly speaking. I wasn't going into official or semi-official name calling, I just wrote how I understand those terms. I guess I should use the terms "long-range series hybrid" and "underpowered, shorter-than-long-range series hybrid" to avoid confusion.

I believe that the author of this thread had the second type in mind. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)

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