• perviouslyiner@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    That’s exactly what makes it inefficient - you have losses from both the generator and the motor. Generator + motor mode was the least efficient mode in the Bolt (which saved weight by not having a gearbox, so could only mechanically connect the gas engine at high speeds)