Archive for March, 2007
Apartment Dwellers and Electric Cars
We agree that the plug-in electric vehicle seems like a great idea. The concept works well for homeowners, who can plug their electric vehicles into their home outlets and pay the electric bill increases that occur.
A problem arises when we consider the fact that only about 60% of residences are detached single family houses, [...]
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A123 Systems/Chevrolet Volt Featured in NYT article
Sundays New York Times features an article about A123 systems and the GM Volt. It is a very positive discussion and focuses on the companies success at producing a very powerful, energy dense, lightweight battery.
The writer states…
” A123Systems, a start-up in Watertown, Mass., says it has created a powerful, safe, long-lived battery. If the [...]
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New Volt Re-Design
It has been reported that Bob Lutz said the production model of the Volt wont be able to look like the concept car. The aggressive styling will have to be subdued, and the car will have to “look a little more traditional”. He also gave the car a 90% chance of making it [...]
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GM Reiterates 2010 Target Launch Date/ Working Prototype By End of 2007
We’ve heard it before we’re hearing it again. GM’s Bob Lutz has officially claimed 2010 as the target year for Volt’s production. Reuter’s press release here. There isn’t any doubt about the engineering and the technology, its all there. We still hear how its all about the batteries. But as we have [...]
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The Effect of the Chevrolet Volt on the Oil Industry
If and when the Chevrolet Volt is mass produced and marketed we will all be happy, right? Happy about not spending money on gas and helping to avert oil dependence, Peak Oil, and not contributing to global warming.
Indeed George Bush has requested that Americans reduce our gasoline consumption by 20% in the next decade.
Certainly if [...]
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Lenovo Recalls 100K Laptop Batteries
Well we’re still seeing problems with Lithium-ion batteries overheating, even ones on as small a scale as in laptop computers. It remains an issue for us folks hoping to ride a 160 HP electric car filled with 600 pounds of these puppies at > 55 mph.
Apparently if one of these batteries made by Sanyo [...]
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Recent Posts
- EPA Closer to Giving the Chevy Volt at Least a 100 mpg Rating
- GM, Natural Gas, and the Volt
- GM and Chrysler in Merger Talks
- More Details About Chrylser’s Electric Car Plans
- As GM Goes So Goes the Nation
- Lutz Provides More Volt Details: Photovoltaic Roof to be Unveiled in January, and Volt Development Ahead of Schedule
- GM’s Electric History
- Project Better Place CEO Calls the Volt a Niche Product
- The Production Chevy Volt Has One Charging Port, and Unnamed Object Identified
- Video: 60 Minutes - Race For the Electric Car
