Comments on: My Chevy Volt Question to Bob Lutz http://gm-volt.com/2007/11/14/my-chevy-volt-question-to-bob-lutz/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:49:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: noel park http://gm-volt.com/2007/11/14/my-chevy-volt-question-to-bob-lutz/#comment-14954 noel park Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:32:58 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/11/14/my-chevy-volt-question-to-bob-lutz/#comment-14954 David, #56: Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Especially when I bring up these weird automotive issues. She likes her 95 Impala SS, and doesn't want to hear about changing to an Aveo or something to gain 10 mpg. You should have heard what she had to say about my Insight idea! It is going to take something really game changing like the Volt, with spectacular mileage and 4 door convenience, to move most people to change. David, #56:

Don’t feel like the Lone Ranger.

Especially when I bring up these weird automotive issues. She likes her 95 Impala SS, and doesn’t want to hear about changing to an Aveo or something to gain 10 mpg.

You should have heard what she had to say about my Insight idea!

It is going to take something really game changing like the Volt, with spectacular mileage and 4 door convenience, to move most people to change.

]]> By: Jeff M http://gm-volt.com/2007/11/14/my-chevy-volt-question-to-bob-lutz/#comment-14904 Jeff M Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:32:35 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/11/14/my-chevy-volt-question-to-bob-lutz/#comment-14904 Ethanol is a political boondoggle for the mid-west, from which powerful politicions come from. And regadless of the source of the plant sugar, it still takes energy to 1st ferment it, and then more energy to distill it. On top of that, ethanol from my understanding can't be piped (at least not in existing pipelines) because it absorbs moisture, etc, so it takes more energy to transport it (and up here in the Northeast we aren't close to where ethanol can be produced. On another note... I still wonder how different things would be today if GM had NOT sold the Cobasys patent on those advanced NiMH batteries. See http://ev1.org/msg/10.htm Ethanol is a political boondoggle for the mid-west, from which powerful politicions come from. And regadless of the source of the plant sugar, it still takes energy to 1st ferment it, and then more energy to distill it. On top of that, ethanol from my understanding can’t be piped (at least not in existing pipelines) because it absorbs moisture, etc, so it takes more energy to transport it (and up here in the Northeast we aren’t close to where ethanol can be produced.

On another note… I still wonder how different things would be today if GM had NOT sold the Cobasys patent on those advanced NiMH batteries. See http://ev1.org/msg/10.htm

]]> By: Oil Jihadi http://gm-volt.com/2007/11/14/my-chevy-volt-question-to-bob-lutz/#comment-14900 Oil Jihadi Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:54:02 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/11/14/my-chevy-volt-question-to-bob-lutz/#comment-14900 Snark #55: Please teach me more about why ethanol is a dead end. I'd like to be informed of this data. Do you have any good links to direct me to? I intend to modify my website if what you say is true. I thought cellulosic ethanol could yield far more than 4x the amount from corn, per ton of plant matter. How do you think the government and private industry was tricked into investing in cellulosic ethanol if it can never meet enough of our demand? Was private industry doing this because of the tax credits? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks. Snark #55:

Please teach me more about why ethanol is a dead end. I’d like to be informed of this data. Do you have any good links to direct me to? I intend to modify my website if what you say is true.

I thought cellulosic ethanol could yield far more than 4x the amount from corn, per ton of plant matter.

How do you think the government and private industry was tricked into investing in cellulosic ethanol if it can never meet enough of our demand? Was private industry doing this because of the tax credits?

Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

]]> By: Hugh E Webber http://gm-volt.com/2007/11/14/my-chevy-volt-question-to-bob-lutz/#comment-14879 Hugh E Webber Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:55:34 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/11/14/my-chevy-volt-question-to-bob-lutz/#comment-14879 The 2009 Siverado hybrid will include a 300-volt nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery. Exactly what Mr. Lutz has said wouldn't work for the Volt-. The EV1, a great car (I drove one) and the most efficient production vehicle in automotive history (GM's words) used a 330-volt battery pack. Even the lead-acid original went over 75 miles per charge; the 1999 Gen II NiMH model went over 140 miles on a full charge. Mr. Lutz, I'll buy a 2009 Silverado (hold the truck) and one of your surviving EV1s (hold the lead-acids.) GM can make EVs now! The 2009 Siverado hybrid will include a 300-volt nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery. Exactly what Mr. Lutz has said wouldn’t work for the Volt-.

The EV1, a great car (I drove one) and the most efficient production vehicle in automotive history (GM’s words) used a 330-volt battery pack. Even the lead-acid original went over 75 miles per charge; the 1999 Gen II NiMH model went over 140 miles on a full charge.

Mr. Lutz, I’ll buy a 2009 Silverado (hold the truck) and one of your surviving EV1s (hold the lead-acids.) GM can make EVs now!

]]> By: bruce g http://gm-volt.com/2007/11/14/my-chevy-volt-question-to-bob-lutz/#comment-14857 bruce g Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:29:54 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/11/14/my-chevy-volt-question-to-bob-lutz/#comment-14857 Ill bet its not..donkey Ill bet its not..donkey

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