Engadget test drives the Chevy Volt (video)

For a car that’s been as eagerly anticipated and hyped as the Chevrolet Volt, seeing it in person is not exactly an awe-inspiring experience. In fact if you don’t look twice it’s very easy to mistake it for Chevy’s Cruze, an eco-friendly (though decidedly traditionally powered) small car. The Volt is, of course, a little more special — a car with both electric and internal-combustion engines on-board. That’s not a particularly rare thing in this age of the Prius, but Chevrolet is being very clear: the Volt is an electric car, not a hybrid, and if you read on after the break we’ll tell you exactly why — and what it’s like to drive one.

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