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E85, Corn, and The Volt

March 31st, 2007 | Posted in: Electric Motor, Environment with 2 Comments

We talk a lot about the electric engine, plugin capability, and lithium batteries when we discuss the Volt. It is time we discussed another very important aspect of the vehicle, the fact that the combustion engine can run on E85.
E85 is a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, not the other way around!
Due [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 2 Comments

Oil Price Volitility and the Volt

March 28th, 2007 | Posted in: Financial, Fuel with 5 Comments

Yesterday, oil prices climbed 5$ per barrel in 7 minutes on speculation of a standoff between the UK and Iran, who captured their soldiers. See story here.
Oil prices once again are touching the 70$ mark. They have gone over $80 previously. Many experts believe that as we start going over the peak [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 5 Comments

Bob Fires Back! (and uses our tagline)

March 25th, 2007 | Posted in: Public Opinion with 7 Comments

As we reported on Friday March 23, an article appeared in which GM was portrayed as wishing to cut back the hype on the Volt. Careful scrutiny of the article however did not really support that claim. Nothing could be further from the truth.
On Saturday, March 24, none other the Bob Lutz himself [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 7 Comments

New Wiki Site for A123 Systems

March 25th, 2007 | Posted in: Battery with 2 Comments

A123 Systems, the likely maker of the Volt’s batteries has had a new wiki site created about it.  There is some useful information and links there.  You can see it here.

Posted by: Lyle with 2 Comments

Unplug the Volt!?

March 23rd, 2007 | Posted in: Public Opinion with 1 Comment

Today an article appeared in the Detroit News, in which GM is described as trying to downplay the hype associated with the Volt. The argument is being made that perhaps GM has bit off more than they can chew.
The reporter quotes an auto consultant in New Jersey, and competitor Ford’s director of hybrids for [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 1 Comment

What’s Under The Volt’s Hood?

March 22nd, 2007 | Posted in: Public Opinion with 6 Comments

There’s been some recent rants on the web about what hardware is actually under the hood of the Volt concept car thats making its tour of World auto shows this year. The commentary has been promulgated by none other than Darryl Siry, VP of Marketing of Tesla Motorcars. He was able to obtain photo’s of [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 6 Comments

Al Gore Recommends 90% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2050

March 21st, 2007 | Posted in: Latest News, Politics with 3 Comments

Whatever you may think of him politically, Al Gore is bringing the issue of CO2 emissions and global warming to the forefront of public consciousness. Today he appeared before the congress to testify about global warming and recommend steps the U.S. goverment can take to help thwart it.
The reality is global warming is real [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 3 Comments

GM Brings First U.S. Hybrid Sedan to Market

March 20th, 2007 | Posted in: General, Latest News with No Comments

With the impending arrival of the Saturn Aura Green Line, General Motors will bring forth the first U.S. hybrid sedan to market. This will compete with the very popular Toyota Prius. And when tax credits are figured in, the Aura will also be the least expensive hybrid sedan on the market.
The vehicle already [...]

Posted by: Lyle with No Comments

Exact and Current State of GM Volt Battery Development

March 16th, 2007 | Posted in: Battery, Latest News with 11 Comments

Sam Abuelsamid has done an outstanding job of relaying the information he garnered as one of the media people invited to visit GMs battery lab. See the post here. For those of you who cant get enough of the technical details, Sam nicely outlinines the data he was presented. Very understandable and [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 11 Comments

Negative Article About Volt Production

March 16th, 2007 | Posted in: Latest News with 6 Comments

Senior commenter Jerry Flint at The Car Connection has written a rather negative post about GMs ability to produce the Volt, especially by 2010. He refers to the effort as being analagous to a Frank Sinatra song where the guy is all dressed up for his date, but got no girl! In GM’s case [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 6 Comments

GM Posts Quarterly Profit q4 2006

March 14th, 2007 | Posted in: Financial with 3 Comments

<a xhref=”http://finance.yahoo.com” mce_href=”http://finance.yahoo.com” >Yahoo! Finance</a><br /> <a xhref=”http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GM/” mce_href=”http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GM/” >Quote for GM/</a>
I know this site is all about the Volt electric car, but it cant happen if GM goes belly up. Especially in light of the financial trouble for all the big 3 U.S. automakers, it is encouraging [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 3 Comments

GM Opens Battery Lab to Media Tour

March 13th, 2007 | Posted in: Battery, Latest News with 8 Comments

According to the Free Press, and GM’s own Fast Lane Blog, GM made good on its promise to open the development process of the Volt to public scrutiny, by allowing 50 media people to come in for a tour of the battery lab yesterday. Hopefully the Warren Michigan facility will be birthplace of the [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 8 Comments

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