http://gm-volt.com/2007/10/15/enerdel-gets-contract-to-make-batteries-for-thnk/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:32:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://gm-volt.com/2007/10/15/enerdel-gets-contract-to-make-batteries-for-thnk/#comment-11190 Van Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:14:20 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/10/15/enerdel-gets-contract-to-make-batteries-for-thnk/#comment-11190 Sorry, I must have confused companies, because I recalled the battery pack was 600 watts for $1500. Perhaps that is not going to the price? And I do not expect to Volt to get 5 MPK overall, but rather 3 to 3.5. Time will tell. Sorry, I must have confused companies, because I recalled the battery pack was 600 watts for $1500. Perhaps that is not going to the price? And I do not expect to Volt to get 5 MPK overall, but rather 3 to 3.5. Time will tell.

]]> http://gm-volt.com/2007/10/15/enerdel-gets-contract-to-make-batteries-for-thnk/#comment-11075 Dave B Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:37:35 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/10/15/enerdel-gets-contract-to-make-batteries-for-thnk/#comment-11075 Th!nk inked a deal with Tesla a while back didn't they? Wonder if Tesla failed to deliver. Th!nk inked a deal with Tesla a while back didn’t they? Wonder if Tesla failed to deliver.

]]> http://gm-volt.com/2007/10/15/enerdel-gets-contract-to-make-batteries-for-thnk/#comment-11069 kent beuchert Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:58:47 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/10/15/enerdel-gets-contract-to-make-batteries-for-thnk/#comment-11069 "Lets assume the actual range is 90 miles and you get 3 miles per KWH, which means the car will have about a 30 KWH battery. Now if the battery costs $2500 per KWH, its price will be north of $75,000." The Think, smaller than the VOLT (which gets 5 miles per kilowatt hour), will only need around 12 to 14 kilowatt hours to travel 90 miles. Obviously, the battery isn't going to cost $2500 per kilowatt hour, or Think wouldn't buy it. “Lets assume the actual range is 90 miles and you get 3 miles per KWH, which means the car will have about a 30 KWH battery.
Now if the battery costs $2500 per KWH, its price will be north of $75,000.”
The Think, smaller than the VOLT (which gets 5 miles per kilowatt hour), will only need around 12 to 14 kilowatt hours to travel 90 miles. Obviously, the battery isn’t going to cost $2500 per kilowatt hour, or Think wouldn’t buy it.

]]> http://gm-volt.com/2007/10/15/enerdel-gets-contract-to-make-batteries-for-thnk/#comment-11066 Van Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:52:07 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/10/15/enerdel-gets-contract-to-make-batteries-for-thnk/#comment-11066 Lets assume the actual range is 90 miles and you get 3 miles per KWH, which means the car will have about a 30 KWH battery. Now if the battery costs $2500 per KWH, its price will be north of $75,000. Hardly competion for the Volt. Lets assume the actual range is 90 miles and you get 3 miles per KWH, which means the car will have about a 30 KWH battery.
Now if the battery costs $2500 per KWH, its price will be north of $75,000. Hardly competion for the Volt.

]]> http://gm-volt.com/2007/10/15/enerdel-gets-contract-to-make-batteries-for-thnk/#comment-11049 kent beuchert Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:12:59 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/10/15/enerdel-gets-contract-to-make-batteries-for-thnk/#comment-11049 Off topic but important : a new article in Edmunds provides more plausible figure for the 2008 BYD plug-in driving range : it claims 60 miles (and 270 miles when using gas to recharge the batteries). The driving electric range quoted elsewhere (290 miles) was out of line and not plausible. The misunderstanding arose, I think, from the fact that apparently all propulsion is from the battery (ala VOLT), and therefore electric. Top speed is also reduced to 100 MPH rather than the earlier claim of 120. The link: www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=123027 This clears up the question I had about the fishy electric driving range claim. Off topic but important : a new article in Edmunds provides more plausible figure for the 2008 BYD plug-in driving range : it
claims 60 miles (and 270 miles when using gas to recharge the batteries). The driving electric range quoted elsewhere (290 miles) was out of line and not plausible. The misunderstanding arose, I think, from the fact that apparently all propulsion is from the battery (ala VOLT), and therefore electric.
Top speed is also reduced to 100 MPH rather than the earlier claim of 120.
The link:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=123027
This clears up the question I had about the fishy electric driving range claim.

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