Archive for February, 2007
Volt Has Regenerative Braking
We had previously been discussing whether the Volt has a regenerative braking system. It would seem logical that it should, as the current breed of hybrids do. Well it is official, we have heard back from GM and the official word is yes, there is a regenerative braking system.
The system seems the same [...]
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Congratulations Al Gore!
Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth won the Oscar last night.
Its a great thing that a documentary about something so meaningful and frightening can reach this pinnacle of popularity. We have move passed the denial stage. To me it speaks to a sea change in public consciousness. Finally all the streams of knowledge are [...]
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Green Cars Expected at Oscars
Many celebrities like to show off their green philosophies by buying and driving electric cars. This year’s academy awards are expected to be a showcase of these vehicles as they pull up to the red carpet. We know one for sure will be Al Gore, whose very important film “An Inconvenient Truth” is [...]
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Bush Views Plug-ins
Today President Bush was given a view of plugin vehicles on the White House lawn. He spoke to Dave Vieau, CEO of A123 Systems and saw two vehicles. One was a plugin Prius outfitted with A123 systems’ conversion kit (that Toyota doesn’t support) and the other a new plugin truck made by Phoenix Motorcars. [...]
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Brand New Electric Scion (eBOX)
Tom Hanks was the first person to buy a fully electric Scion, taking delivery on 2/15. This vehicle is very interesting. It is a modified vehicle with the mod coming from a company called AC propulsions.
They’ve actually made a Volt-like vehicle. It has a pure 160 HP (same as Volt) electric engine [...]
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GM to Begin Production of Sequel in 2010
General Motors is also simultaneously working on a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle called the Equinox, and its slated for production in 2010. Two working prototypes are alread in existence.
This vehicle will also have and E-drive (ie electric engine), but will be powered by hydrogen, not hydrocarbon as in the volt. Power will also [...]
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GM in Talks to Buy Chrysler
By now we’ve all heard about DaimlerChrysler’s woes in terms of financial losses. Reports are now beginning to surface that GM may be in talks to buy the Chrysler division. As we’ve reported in a previous post, DC has already released a fleet of 20 lithium-battery powered PHEVs for a pilot program. There could be [...]
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Volt To be in Production in 2010
Today a report of an interview with Bob Lutz at the close of the Chicago auto show was published. He is quoted as saying many interesting things, such as the fact that GM is expected to lose money on the introduction of the Volt. He also reported to say that GM hopes to [...]
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More on Battery Investment
Another good review on the current crop of battery companies, their current projects and their future projects appeared in USA today over the weekend. See article here. An interesting note is that A123 is considering an IPO. Yet another politician with the Volt appears in the accompanying photo.
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Heavy Battery?
A great new article written by Tony Whitney appeared in the Vancouver Sun. It can be viewed here.
The author seems to have some inside information on the battery and mentions that it is heavier than the goal battery for production. So it seems that not only do we have price, safety, lifetime, and [...]
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Record Winter Energy Use
On Monday Feb 5th, 13 midwest states set a daily record for winter energy use at 119,206 megawatts as supplied by PJM Interconnection. These numbers are very similar to the peak energy use in summer months, with the idea being more electricity is used in heating homes, and at night. The highest prior [...]
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Not Enough Lithium to Go Around?!
Ok so here we are getting all excited about the GM Volt and the new era or paradigm of electric cars running on Li-ion batteries recharges by whatever fuel is avaiable. We love the concpet, embrace the idea and GM is winning big public relation support. All we need is the cheaper, safer, more [...]
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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
