Saw one in 2K10 at google I/O, they were still billing it as an electric car at that point, no mention of a fuel system.
My understanding is that it was designed as a commuter car to get you from point A.0 to A.5 since point B.0 was a bit too far away. Walt On Feb 26, 2012 10:12 PM, "Allan Streib" <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Hans Neureiter <diese...@gmail.com> writes: > > > For four days in a row, the fully charged battery lasted only 25 miles > > before the Volt switched to the reserve gasoline engine. > > I thought the Volt was a series hybrid, the engine powers a generator > which drives the wheel motors. It has a modest battery pack to recover > energy from braking and to help out off the line, but it was never > really intended to go far on batteries alone. Is that correct? > > > Eric calculated the car got 30 mpg including the 25 miles it ran on the > > battery. > > Disappointing. A modern diesel in a similar-sized car would do close to > double that. > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > 1979 300SD > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
