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GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

Green Car Congress

A GM analysis of vehicle data collected from first generation found that Volt vehicles were driven more than half a billion miles in North America from October 2013 through September 2014, and that 74% of the miles were all-electric. (A Increased charge sustaining fuel economy. liter range extender engine. Improved performance.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Expects production around 2014. Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it.

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