Glossary / General

range extender

52 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

A range extender is a little gasoline engine that charges the battery so you can drive farther.

Technical Definition

A range extender is a small internal combustion engine that generates electricity to recharge the battery of an electric vehicle, extending its driving range.

Hear It Discussed

"And these are things are all the rage in China. There's tons of these range extenders in China."
CarCast+Edmunds - Testing the Chinese built Geely Galaxy M9. Plus the Volvo V60 Cross Country and more. CarCast 21:34

"The V9 from Luxead is a three-row, seven-seat range extender... It's got a 1.5-liter range extender, which is very common because that's kind of the engine size you need to keep the vehicle moving..."
CHINA: BYD Battery Bottleneck, Onvo L80 Launches and Denza Hits 500,000| 18 May 2026 EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs 15:26

"I3 is a brilliant. If you can, we bought one with the range extender. So basically the early ones only had about a 50 miles of range and then toward the end."
Gas Sippers! The Most Affordable Fuel-Efficient Cars That Aren't Electric! | Ep. 339 TFL Car Chat 21:17