Chevy says the Volt’s range on battery alone — it also features a gasoline engine that works as a generator to power the electric motor when the battery is emptied — is between 25 and 50 miles.

The Volt delivered more EV range than a Toyota Prius Prime, up to 53 miles in the second generation. Chevrolet built the Bolt EV. But the lineup, somewhat confusingly, also featured the Volt. How ...

GM marketed the Volt as an extended-range electric vehicle. It ran on battery power and used the gasoline engine as a generator, similar to the Ram 1500 Ramcharger.