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08-Feb-2013



PHOTO CAPTION: Cadillac ELR use eREV drive system

The eREV In Your Future

Frost & Sullivan predicts the market segment for extended range electric vehicles (eREV) like the Volt and Cadillac ELR will see rapid acceleration in coming years.

What do you think of when someone says extended range electric vehicle, or eREV?

The first vehicle mostly like to pop into your head is the Chevy Volt, which comes with an electric motor powertrain with a gas range extender for recharging the battery pack when it poops out instead of turning the car’s wheels like a regular engine would.

Somewhere between a true electric car and plug-in hybrid by design, the market for these types of cars has been fairly nascent to this point. This might be changing soon though, as research firm Frost & Sullivan predicts this green car market segment will see rapid acceleration in coming years.

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