I saw data from a study by the California Air Resources Board that indicated that most were not using EV mode on hybrids very often - most never even charged it. They bought it to get the rebates.
That being said, a friend at an OEM said that their data showed the opposite. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Apr 3, 2021, at 12:11 PM, Peter VanDerWal via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > I feel it's a shame that Chevy stopped making Volts just when they were > getting good. > > The 2nd Gen volts had an EPA rated battery only range of 53 miles. My wife > is the primary driver, and because the majority of her driving is at speeds > under 50mph, the GOM typically displays an EV range of around 68 miles. > I once mangaed 92 miles on the batteries, but that was mostly constant speed > driving on the highway and included a 2000 foot drop in elevation. > > Except on long trips and the occasional drive up to Tucson (85 miles each > wa), my wife drives it primarily as an EV. It always seems to surprise her > when it announces that the next time she drives, it will fire up the gas > engine to run diagnostics. It does this if the gas engine hasn't been used in > the last 2 months (as long as there is gas in the tank) > > In fact this was Chevy's stated reason for dropping the Volt, most people > drive it mostly as an EV and weren't using the gas engine. With the Bolt now > available, to solve range anxiety issues they felt it wasn't needed any more. > > Personally I think the Voltec power train would be a good fit for a Pickup or > SUV. Give you EV range for around town with the gas engine available for > long distance towing. > > My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key > > April 3, 2021 11:53 AM, "Lee Hart via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My first thought was that over time, hybrids would increase battery >> capacity, and decrease ICE >> capacity. But that hasn't happened. 20 years later, the best EV-like hybrids >> only have a 20-40 mile >> EV range, and still a 400-500 mile ICE range. So they are still 90% ICEs. > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
