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2026 Ford Lightning will have all-electric drive train and gasoline-powered range extender (newatlas.com)
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I feel this article is more informative than the last article I posted. Credit to noride@lemmy.zip for the link.

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[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The difference is in a hybrid the combustion engine directly drives the wheels mechanically at least some of the time.

EREV is an EV with a generator. The combustion engine can only generate electricity, which can be used to drive the wheels.

Chevy volt = hybrid BMW I3 = EREV (when configured with extender) Fiskar karma = EREV Toyota Prius = hybrid

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

oh that makes sense! cool!

[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the Chevy Volt is an EREV also, the generator doesn’t drive the wheels

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

The generator definitely can drive the wheels directly. It only happens in very specific situations, but the functionality is there.

The Chevy Volt is definitely a hybrid and not an EREV.