GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles

Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by floatrock on Monday August 12, 2019 @12:56PM (#20677326)

Hopefully not as the "Volt". It's a shame the car didn't work out, but the Bolt/Volt naming thing was a source of endless confusion.

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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by amyjess on Monday August 12, 2019 @01:19PM (#20677570)

The most annoying thing about that naming scheme is that Chevy also makes the Spark, which is 100% gasoline-powered. What was their rationale in greenlighting that name?

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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by dsfyu404ed on Monday August 12, 2019 @01:28PM (#20677697)

The spark was being sold under other names since long before the volt or the Bolt. When they started calling the Spark the Spark the Bolt was still several years off and they certainly didn't have a name for it at that point. The choice of "Spark" coincided with they giving all their small cars a bunch of active sounding names.

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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by hundchenkatze on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:19PM (#20679514)

The Bolt may have been long off but the Spark name was announced in 2009 and started selling at the same time as the Volt. The Spark was available for the 2011 model year in Europe and for the 2013 model year in the U.S (with a BEV option). The Chevy Volt on the other hand was available for the 2011 model year. So they definitely seemed to be going for electricity themed names.

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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by hundchenkatze on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:17PM (#20679495)

They offered a Spark BEV from 2013-2016 model years, maybe they intended to offer the battery only option sooner.

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Re:GM, Volkswagen Say Goodbye to Hybrid Vehicles by kgwgk on Monday August 12, 2019 @01:27PM (#20677674)

Cars have had spark plugs for over one century anyway.

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