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A New Wave of Electric Vehicles Are Ready to Charge at 70 MPH (www.bloomberg.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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)