Archive for August, 2007
NEW FACT: Chevy Volt Generator Starts When Battery Power Hits 50%, Stops Again at 80%
After a lengthy and healthy discussion about costs of driving the Volt we needed to know at what battery state of charge (SOC) the onboard generator would kick in. GM was kind enough to let us know that was intended to be 50%.
The next question to arise was that once the generator started at what [...]
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FIRST LOOK: GM Opel E-Flex Concept Car
At the Frankfurt Auto Show on Septebmer 10th, GM is expect to announce the sister car to the Chevy Volt.
As you know, Opel is GM’s main European car company, and sells vehicles all across the continent.
Well whats good for the U.S. is good for the world.
We will see the Chevy Volt here in the U.S., [...]
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60,000 Chevy Volts to be Built for 2010 Model Year
How’s that for ambitious plans? I’m sure there will be enough buyers.
Today Bloomberg published a report again citing those infernal anonymous sources (hope they’re better than mine!), who indicate that GM is planning to produce 60,000 Chevy Volts for it’s inaugural year (2010). This is four times the number of Priuses that came [...]
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New Chevy Volt Video
A new video clip has appeared dated 08/18/2007, produced by instantriverside.com. In it, the car is shown and discussed, and contains new brief interviews with Denise Gray, Bart Riley, and Rick Wagoner. Check it out:
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Chevy Volt Skeptics Continue to Breathe Their Last Gasps
A recent syndicated article is entitled: “Critics skeptical of Buzz over GM’s latest electric car”. Ever since the Volt concept was first announced in January we’ve been inundated by these pessimistic commentaries which do little more themselves than to feed off the negative hype left behind from the EV1 era.
This latest piece starts off [...]
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It May Not be the Last Call for Alcohol After All…
Yesterday I wrote a post indicating that GM planned to remove E85 capability from the Volt’s onboard generator. Those of you that were sad, put your tissues away, those who were happy put away your party hats. GM spokesman Rob Peterson has said that GM has not changed to the production plan to [...]
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GM May Pull the Plug on E85 Capability for the Chevy Volt
We have some new and unsubstantiated information from anonymous sources that GM has decided to remove E85 capability from the Chevy Volt’s on-board internal combustion engine/generator.
One of the promotional points of this concept vehicle when it was first announced was the E-Flex system. The “E” stands for electricity, we understand the concept of the [...]
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Chevy Volt At Woodward Dreams Cruise
The Chevy Volt appeared today at the Chevy exhibit at the Woodward Dreams Cruise, right next to the convertible Camaro. Reports are that the Camaro got more attention?!
The little gallery is thanks to one of GM-Volt regulars who attended the event. Click to view.
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FACT: Chevy Volt’s Generator to Start When Battery Power Drops to 50%
We have been discussing the cost of operating the Volt. In particular I have focused on what the electric cost will be to drive the first 40 miles without gas (or E85). We knew the battery holds 16 KWH of energy, but it hasn’t been clear how much of the battery would be discharged [...]
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Cost of Driving The Volt
Thanks to all participants in our informal survey and discussion about how much it will cost to drive the Volt. I hope we all had a chance to learn something from it. I have summarized the findings along with some U.S. National data on the following page:
http://www.gm-volt.com/chevy-volt-reasons-for-use-and-cost-of-operation/
It turns out that the most important determinant for [...]
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Chevy Volt To Appear at Woodward Dreams Cruise..Back Again in 2040
For those who don’t know, the Woodward Dreams Cruise is the world’s largest one-day car event. Car enthusiasts come from all over to show off their collector cars; muscle cars, hot-rods, classic cars, etc. In fact, over 40,000 vehicles descend upon downtown Detroit where the drive begins, and then travel along a 16 [...]
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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Smashes Land Speed Record
The second variant of the Chevy Volt is designed to use a hydrogen fuel cell to keep the battery charged. This means no gas is needed at all. Of course, a hydrogen infrastructure to deliver the hydrogen is required (no small task). Furthermore, issues of energy expenditure both to create the hydrogen and to compress [...]
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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
