Archive for January, 2007
Congressman Gets to Show Off a VOLT
A washington democratic congressman named Jay Inslee got to show off the Volt to his colleagues on Capitol Hill. He also is on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and seems genuinely enthuiastic about getting the vehicle to market. His is quoted as saying the Volt could be on the market in 5 [...]
Popularity: 11%
EMFs and Neurodegenerative Disorders
There continues to be talk and concern in the blogosphere about sitting on top of a massively powerful electric motor, and the resultant exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs). There is some weak epidemiological data in the literature for certain risks. An intriguing study from 1998 can be found here.
This study examined the incidence [...]
Popularity: 11%
Vote For The Volt!
There is a new page on gm-volt.com where you can go to vote on if, when, and for how much the Volt will go on sale. You can also enter your email list which we will present to GM to help push the project along.
Visit the page here, you can get there on the [...]
Popularity: 21%
Good Ol Dub’ya
It was a banner day for us environmentalists, and for the Volt. Ol dubya finally said it in last nights State of the Union address.. we must do something about climate change, and he even recommended we use less gasoline, and more alternative energies. The wheels of change are turning!
Popularity: 9%
Popularity: 9%
Mitsubishi Press Release
Its become pretty obvious that the GM Volts E-flex system is and will be the new paradigm for automotive propulsion. I say this because of all the propaganda buzz starting to flow from every other auto maker; Ford, DC, and now Mitsubishi.
The Japanese companies Mitsubishi and Sanyo have now announced their plans to have [...]
Popularity: 10%
Battery Developments
It is increasingly clear that the heart of this car, the debate surrounding it, and other potential cars for this market comes down to the Lthium-ion battery. Weve had some interesting comments about prohibitive costs; see it here.
We are also finding out that the Japanese are ahead of GM in bring these big batteries [...]
Popularity: 10%
Gas Prices and the Volt
An excellent article can be found here, in the Wall Street Journal about how gas pricing can affect the Volt. We know of course that low prices cannot possibly last as demand is likely at a tipping point for outstripping production.
Popularity: 9%
Popularity: 9%
Battery
There is information on the web indicating that the battery for the Volt doesnt actually exist? Is the car hollow? We can see video of the car travelling on YouTube, is this a mock-up?
Questions which need answering.
Another quote from Bob Lutz is that the car will be ready for production hopelly by 2010; [...]
Popularity: 9%
CO2 Emissions
OK Heres the rundown.
Total US CO2 annual emissions: 6 billion metric tons
Electric Generation: 2 billion tons
Commercial Transport: 1.7 billion tons
Reidential Use: 1 billion tons
Commercial Use: 1 billion tons
Residental Autos: 0 .3 billion tons
These data raise two problems:
1. If everyone in U.S. changed to drive a Volt, the 0.3 billion tons might just be shifted [...]
Popularity: 12%
Gms own words about the battery
on GM’s blog we hear Bob Lutz make the following statement:
“I really believe that, once lithium ion batteries become truly viable, vehicles like Volt with our E-Flex technology will be the future.”
Key word here is “viable“. Does he mean technically or financially, we seem to believe its the latter.
Popularity: 9%
Popularity: 9%
Electric Grid
I found a nice post about the Dept of Energies concerns and beliefs about the ability of the grid to handle electric cars.
Check it out here:
Popularity: 10%
Popularity: 10%
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (CO2)
One hypothesis is that widespread use and adoption of this vehicle will lead to a decrease in CO2 emission and help the global warming problem. This could occur from a decrease in the use of gasoline assuming the assumption that most drives are less than 40 miles.
The next step in this theory is to determine [...]
Popularity: 9%
Recent Posts
- Update: EnerDel’s Chairman on the Cost of the Th!nk Lithium-ion Battery Pack
- GM Marching to a New Beat: Expect Mutiple Volt Versions
- Exclusive: Interview With EnerDel Chairman Charles Gassenheimer
- Wall Street Journal Opinion - Chevy Volt Just a Political Tool
- GM on June Sales: Asia Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
- Artist’s Estimation of the Production Chevy Volt
- Should GM Skip the Volt and Just Make More Efficient Gas Cars?
- Continental Says Chances Good of Getting Volt Battery Contract
- Lutz Explains Why the EV-1 Can’t Simply Be Reintroduced
- Ford Calls the Chevy Volt a Hail Mary Play
