# Chevy Volt getting closer to production

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [April 3, 2008, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-volt-getting-closer-to-production/46157 "2008-04-03T12:11:47Z")
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### Author: ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chevy-volt-getting-closer-to-production/46157/19 "2008-04-03T16:50:06Z")

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> [@MKE](#):
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> wait, why would you need to plug it in? i thought that’s what the small engine to charge the batteries was for?

:picard:

Gas = expensive and the oil it’s made from comes from the unstable middle east.  
Electricity = cheap (compared to gas) and it comes from coal and natural gas, both of which come from much friendlier areas.

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