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VIDEO: Animation showing the power flow in the Chevy Volt

Posted from AutoblogGreen 62 days ago
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GMThere has been a fair bit of discussion and controversy in the last couple of weeks on the interwebs about the exact nature of the powerflow and battery charging in the Chevy Volt. Back in July GM's Larry Nitz discussed how the charge sustaining mode would work. As with parallel hybrids the battery is generally kept between about 35 and 85 percent charge. That means when the battery reaches its "depletion" point it still has a significant amount of charge left. The range extender has less power output than the the electric drive motor is capable of... (original story)