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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Allowing the ICE to provide direct motive power to the wheels is huge. I've heard it said that the car only achieved 30 MPG when running the ICE/generator to propel the car.
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This was always kind of a mystery to me, how does the Volt lose so much efficiency when using the gas generator when the concept of having electric-only propulsion with generator for boosting efficiency is used in so many applications? The energy conversion efficiency has to be absolutely terrible to bring the gas mileage down to that of a normal car.