Actually, the Volt's gasoline engine has a direct link to the transmission, so it is absolutely a plug-in hybrid.
________________________________ From: Tracy Pearson <[email protected]> To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 9:58 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Volt burns Pete Theisen <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Everybody, > >"The car that caught fire was tested May 12 by an agency contractor at >a >Wisconsin facility using a relatively new side-impact test intended to >replicate crashing into a pole or a tree, the official said. Three >weeks >later, while the car was parked at the test facility, it caught fire. A > >NHTSA investigation concluded the crash test damaged the battery, which > >later led to the fire. > >"Lithium-ion batteries, which are used in a vast array of consumer >electronics, have a history of sometimes catching fire when damaged." > ><snip> > >"The Volt can travel about 35 miles on battery power. After that, a >small gasoline engine generates power to run the car's electric motor." > >What? Then it is a hybrid, right? Seems like it is being called an >"electric" when it should be a "plug-in hybrid"? Or an I missing >something. The price is ridiculous . . . So the moral of the story, don't trust any lithium ion battery after damage. The hybrids that existed before the Volt use the gas engine to drive the powertrain. Confusing, I would still call it a hybrid. -- Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
