Your Tax Dollars at Work - The Chevy Volt is a Pig in a Poke

[AllGold]

I guess GM's left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.

http://www.mlive.com/auto/index.ssf/2010...rue_e.html

This version gives a lot more details but an earlier version of the article simply had someone from GM saying no direct connection between the engine and wheels.

Bill in NC wrote:
Nope, at over 70 mph in charge-sustaining mode (battery depleted), the gas-burning engine does indeed mechanically assist the electric motor to improve overall efficiency:


http://gm-volt.com/2010/10/11/motor-tren...owertrain/

[quote=AllGold]
Actually, both links are wrong. It's just that thecarconnection link is only a little wrong while the jalopnik link is 100% B.S.

The part where the second link is off is the Volt has no mechanical connection between the engine and the drive train. The engine runs a generator which supplies electricity. But again, the engine is not connected in any way to the wheels or the drive train. All locomotion is 100% electric.