“When the gas engine runs it powers the electric motor, but does not charge the battery, at least not the gen-1 volts.
It all depends on driving style when and if the gas engine fires up. I have a gen-1 volt that the engine fires on only when the battery is at zero.”
The Volt motors always run off the battery and the battery is never allowed to go to zero.
You are correct bad wording on my part. It just gives you a zero battery condition indication and starts the engine, but the battery always maintains a base charge, you just cannot use it for driving.
But 95% of Tesla charging stations work, right? Until they don’t