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Originally Posted by TEG
The whole REEV thing brings up some debate... What qualifies to be called a REEV?
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You'd have to ask GM, since they invented the term. And it was later adopted by Tesla and now Chrysler, apparently.
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Is it just if the motive force is 100% electric motor?
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That was Bob Lutz's description. Well, it has to have something other than batteries to be "range extended", I suppose. Unless they get some higher capacity batteries and decide that qualifies as range extended.
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So what if you just take a Ford F150, and replace the transmission with a DC generator hooked directly to a DC motor. Then it is a 100% electric motor driven vehicle (although 100% powered by an ICE generator). I assume that this would not be called a REEV.
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According to GM it would. Unless they change their mind. Because ultimately REEV means whatever type of vehicle GM's marketing department thinks will sell best if it's called a REEV.
It's all arbitrary. It's a marketing term that GM invented to make their plug-in hybrid sound like it's not a hybrid.