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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (648023)3/15/2012 9:41:11 AM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (2) of 1583503
 
Al, maybe you can come up with an explanation for why Chevy is calling the Volt an "electric vehicle."

I don't have to come up with an explanation...the background and history are there for the curious...you not among them. You might note that the car was conceived and demonstrated in concept car during bush's presidency...so now I as you...did bush create the climate for the car's marketing scheme?

Al

The Chevrolet Volt concept car was unveiled at the January 2007 North American International Auto Show, becoming the first-ever series plug-in hybrid concept car shown by a major manufacturer. [13] [14]

Then General Motors' Vice Chairman Robert Lutz has told publicly that the two-seat sports car being developed by Tesla Motors, the Roadster, and the rapid advancement of lithium-ion battery technology inspired him to push the carmaker to develop the Volt after the 2006 Detroit Auto Show. [16] [17] [18] Lutz's initial idea was to develop an all-electric car, but Jon Lauckner, General Motors Vice President for Global Vehicle Development, convinced him that to avoid an expensive battery, range anxiety concerns, and lack of public charging infrastructure, they could use a smaller battery pack with a small gasoline engine driving a generator acting as a backup to extend the range, but without a mechanical connection between the gasoline engine and the drive wheels, so it would be a pure electrically driven vehicle without many of the limitations General Motors learned from the EV1 experience. [17]
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