Archive for March, 2007
E85, Corn, and The Volt
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 [...]
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Oil Price Volitility and the Volt
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 [...]
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Bob Fires Back! (and uses our tagline)
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 [...]
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New Wiki Site for A123 Systems
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.
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Unplug the Volt!?
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 [...]
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What’s Under The Volt’s Hood?
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 [...]
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Al Gore Recommends 90% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2050
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 [...]
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GM Brings First U.S. Hybrid Sedan to Market
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 [...]
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Exact and Current State of GM Volt Battery Development
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 [...]
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Negative Article About Volt Production
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 [...]
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GM Posts Quarterly Profit q4 2006
<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 [...]
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GM Opens Battery Lab to Media Tour
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 [...]
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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
