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Originally Posted by stealthn
Chevy just dropped the volt....just sayin
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That is a Hybrid, and people are not using the gas part of it.
Why General Motors Is Ditching the Chevy Volt
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/why-general-motors-is-ditching-the-chevy-volt
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A primary selling point for the Volt was that owners could go (mostly) electric without having to compromise on range. The Volt’s roughly 50-mile electric range covers most daily commutes in America. For longer journeys, the car seamlessly switches over to using its small gasoline engine to power an on-board generator, for a total hybrid range of more than 400 miles.
But GM's customer data shows that Volt owners simply aren’t turning on their gasoline engines all that much anymore.
“What we're finding is that consumers are…carrying around this engine and driving on full electricity,” said Shad Balch, Chevrolet spokesperson, in a recent interview at the L.A. Auto Show.
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Times are changing.
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Drivers are also getting over range anxiety, he said. When GM launched the first-generation Volt, there was virtually no public charging infrastructure. Now there are upward of 23,000 public charging stations in the U.S. and Canada.
“The need to carry around a backup generator under the hood is just going away,” Balch said. “We’re seeing that as...our customers are leaving the Volt to get into the Bolt EV.”
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Like I mentioned a year or two in the E-Formula thread nobody is even making jokes anymore about "
they are going to need longer extension cords" and other fun idiocy.