Comments on: Your Questions Answered by Top Chevy Volt Executives, Part 6

By: Lynn Dorsett

Lynn Dorsett — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:44:12 +0000

I’m trying to figure out what the impact of charging a Volt will be on my residential solar system. Your site says that it will take 6.5 hours to charge from a 110v outlet. What is the electrical draw per hour during that time? Thanks.

By: AG

AG — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:20:47 +0000

I think solar is a great ideal too. I won’t pretend to know enough about physics and chemistry to know if 80% efficient conversion panels are even in the realm of possibilities.

So while GM of course isn’t going to let themselves be distracted by all our speculation (& this is the only blog I’ve ever even continued to read just because of the hopeful and polite dreaming); I am sure they, after they have released the basic Volt, they will want to design their cars so that they can earn as close to 100% of the cost of operating a vehicle as possible. To do that they’ll need to maximize efficiency, safety, and comfort. The creativity that has been lacking for so long in US manufacturing is on a comeback and it’s being let by GM. The days of actuaries calculating the legal costs of letting defects through to the consumer in Chinese style mass assembly lines (albeit, extremely well paid ones) are over.

By: james

james — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:18:44 +0000

doug k. 125, excellent points. and i am more for solar on the roof, than on the car.
however, this new “paint it on” solar tech stuff looks like it could hold up on a cars roof. i don’t know the watts/kilo watts etc of this stuff, just hope that sooner or later it may be effecient enough to work on a car roof.
in the mean time, an e-car with a house that has a solar roof looks good to me.

death to oil and oil companies, god bless the chevy volt, god bless nanosolar, and God Bless the USA!

By: noel park

noel park — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:49:38 +0000

rayo, #124:

Right!

Same for the V2G as far as I’m concerned.

Let’s just get the basic concept on the road, and worry about all this fancy stuff later.

By: Steven B

Steven B — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:56:02 +0000

V2G will not be done without a NET PROFIT. But it will be done. And I’m sure that the engine will not be operable if a sensor detects carbon monoxide levels outside of the norm. But in regards to your last point Tom, I just have to ask What?!? I don’t even know where to begin with that, or what you even mean. You make it sound like a car engine’s a bomb! I literally have no idea what you mean.