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Originally Posted by tjts1
The efforts some people make to hate this car.
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Why would anyone be hating a bloody car that isn't even on the market ?
I don't like the design for starters, but that's something I could put aside if the car was rather efficient.
Then it turns out it also has a lousy 40 mile range on batteries, and a miserable MPG on gas once the batteries run out.
It's EV-range isn't even enough for my own 30mile / 50km commute without recharging (no facilities at work, and pretty few in the entire country come to think of it).
If I'm buying an EV I'm not going to buy something that switches to a thirsty ICE quickly.
If I'm buying an EV I want something that'll do most of my trips as an EV.
As that still restricts range at the current state of technology, I could live with an optional generator-type setup.
A small ICE generator (< 1L) running at its optimum feeding a buffering battery would provide enough power .
Less efficient set-up?
Less efficient than full-EV, but far more efficient than the Volt/Ampera set-up.
Much real-world efficiency is gained by running a small ICE at a steady, optimised rpm and fairly high loading, rather than at varying rpm and load as used by GM.
It could be set up in such a way that one can choose to run in full-EV mode depleting the battery, long range generator mode, or auto mode when coupled to GPS inputs.