malcolm

Take a look:-

GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Concept Site » GM-Volt Bumper Sticker Contest

(Hey, looks like we have an auto-post comment facility over at the gm-volt site. Cute. Update - comment deleted)

Think the No Gas line is a tad misleading. How about 40 Miles Without Fuel?

stopcrazypp

Eh, it goes along with them insisting their car be called a REEV (Range extended electric vehicle) instead of a Series PHEV (Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle).
I don't think that the site is owned by GM so it doesn't really constitute as false advertising if you really look into it. They will need some sensationalism to capture people's interest anyways.

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DDB

Tough crowd. First, the GM-volt.com site is run by a guy that is an entusiast for GM, just like dsacks is for this one. Second, the range extender is unique, which I give GM credit for. I think there is a lot of sincere interest out there for the product, if it happens. I'm excited about it.

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'05 Passat powered by Biodiesel
'54 Corvette

JRP3

While I applaud GM's efforts, how is an ICE powered generator, ("range extender"), unique? You can call it a REEV but it is still a hybrid. People have put generators in their EV's before, or in trailers behind their EV's.

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DDB

I sure can't go to my local dealer and buy one.

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'05 Passat powered by Biodiesel
'54 Corvette

TEG

EVWORLD FEATURE: Renault Electric Kangoo Can Do:FRANCE | ELECTRIC | KANGOO | EV
"Five-passenger Kangoo comes in an EV-only and RE version with a small gasoline engine range extender. " (2003)

AC propulsion range extenders
In 1996...

Ev Archive for April 2001

Wavecrest Patent (2004)
Patent (2004)
Patent (2005)

ElectriCab (2003)
ElctriCab Range Extender

IEEE (2003)

HarveyEV

JRP3

You can't go to your local dealer and buy a Volt either. Plus what TEG said

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TEG

And you can buy a Volt?

...You can buy a Renault Kangoo (Cleanova) in Europe...

tonybelding

I suppose I could give GM credit for developing a PHEV after many people asked them to (Richard Woolsey, Set America Free, CalCars, Plug-In America, Plug-in Partners). GM answered that call when Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai, VW and other car makers did not. (Toyota actually announced they were going to make a PHEV before GM did, but they still seem half-hearted about it.)

But a bright new idea that nobody else had thought of? Not as such.

Kardax

The Volt, as it has been described, may not be particularly innovative, but they're the first company to make a lot of noise about the technology, so they get to steal all the credit.

-Ryan