If the Volt is a "hybrid" what is the (non-plugin) Prius? And if you call the Volt "electric", how do you differentiate between it and the Leaf? I think Bruce has said many times he likes the Volt, he just wants people to differentiate the various technological approaches with the names that have been used for them for many years before GM Marketing decided to redefine things.
It is easy to see that many people would prefer to have or can only afford one vehicle, and the Volt permits them to drive electric much of the time, but also do longer trips using some gas. Unlike a Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV), A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) can drive with good performance in all electric mode, but it can also go much further than an Electric Vehicle, which has no ice, so why not indicate that in the name given to the technology? That is more informative than just calling any combination that makes use of an electric motor an EV. Things were well-defined before GM introduced the Volt: EV: only electric motor for propulsion PHEV: electric motor and ice, can charge from the grid and drive in all-electric mode HEV: electric motor and ice, cannot charge from the grid, and cannot drive in all-electric mode, or does so poorly due to small size of the electric motor. Uses electric motor as "assist" to ice, so ice can run more efficiently. That information is lost if you just call everything "electric". I think that to some people this is an "I'm greener than thou" issue, and to others like me, it is an issue of being more precise and informative in terminology. -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EV-cause-promotional-signage-tp4662108p4662186.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
