Comments on: Nanosolar’s Plan for Electric Cars http://gm-volt.com/2007/12/31/nanosolars-plan-for-electric-cars-3/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Thu, 24 May 2012 22:53:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Graham Mewburn http://gm-volt.com/2007/12/31/nanosolars-plan-for-electric-cars-3/#comment-101236 Graham Mewburn Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:24:04 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/12/31/nanosolars-plan-for-electric-cars-3/#comment-101236 I am 60 years young (in my dreams). I grew up in a world where it was said 'Man will never get to the moon.' At 18 I watched man walk on the moon on a black and white telly. Plasma flat screen TV's, never. A device not much bigger than a matchbox that tells exactly where you are on the planet, science fiction! Solar panels have been on boats for decades. Soon they'll be on cars. Gray the yachtie Graham Mewburn Australia I am 60 years young (in my dreams). I grew up in a world where it was said ‘Man will never get to the moon.’ At 18 I watched man walk on the moon on a black and white telly. Plasma flat screen TV’s, never. A device not much bigger than a matchbox that tells exactly where you are on the planet, science fiction! Solar panels have been on boats for decades. Soon they’ll be on cars.
Gray the yachtie
Graham Mewburn
Australia

]]> By: Rob Bennett http://gm-volt.com/2007/12/31/nanosolars-plan-for-electric-cars-3/#comment-46305 Rob Bennett Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:41:28 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/12/31/nanosolars-plan-for-electric-cars-3/#comment-46305 Wouldn't it be nice to have a canopy of solar panels over parking lots? Solar paint could be on the cars themselves and nano solar panels on top of buildings and in the building materials? I hate to hear people on this forum say that it is wasteful and senseless to use solar energy in these ways. I think we sould capture every bit of this renewable resource and drive away the wasteful addiction to oil and other non-renewables. Once we have mastered the technologies and applications, other countries will follow us. There is alot of money to be made, but more importantly- there is a greater world in our sight and we must all strive for that. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a canopy of solar panels over parking lots? Solar paint could be on the cars themselves and nano solar panels on top of buildings and in the building materials? I hate to hear people on this forum say that it is wasteful and senseless to use solar energy in these ways. I think we sould capture every bit of this renewable resource and drive away the wasteful addiction to oil and other non-renewables. Once we have mastered the technologies and applications, other countries will follow us. There is alot of money to be made, but more importantly- there is a greater world in our sight and we must all strive for that.

]]> By: Richard Lazzara http://gm-volt.com/2007/12/31/nanosolars-plan-for-electric-cars-3/#comment-35939 Richard Lazzara Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:35:35 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/12/31/nanosolars-plan-for-electric-cars-3/#comment-35939 There are three principle photovoltaics, 1. PV skin 2. Computer chips, PV & memory skin 3. ParaBolic & HyperBolic mega cells I envision fully photovoltaic EV's that will be parked and quickly recharge and then, begin to produce electric gain back into the grid and get credits into my account. The plugin parking meter would pay 'me' for parking! Parking lots around the world would become massive solar collectors. There are three principle photovoltaics,
1. PV skin
2. Computer chips, PV & memory skin
3. ParaBolic & HyperBolic mega cells
I envision fully photovoltaic EV’s that will be parked and quickly recharge and then, begin to produce electric gain back into the grid and get credits into my account. The plugin parking meter would pay ‘me’ for parking! Parking lots around the world would become massive solar collectors.

]]> By: Glenn Morrin http://gm-volt.com/2007/12/31/nanosolars-plan-for-electric-cars-3/#comment-23914 Glenn Morrin Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:48:55 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/12/31/nanosolars-plan-for-electric-cars-3/#comment-23914 Has any thought been given to installing flush mounted solar cells on roof etc. to partially recharge batteries while car sits in parking lot during the day. Has any thought been given to installing flush mounted solar cells on roof etc. to partially recharge batteries while car sits in parking lot during the day.

]]> By: Don http://gm-volt.com/2007/12/31/nanosolars-plan-for-electric-cars-3/#comment-23675 Don Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:25:07 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2007/12/31/nanosolars-plan-for-electric-cars-3/#comment-23675 I started out very skeptical of V2g but have become a bit of a fan of the idea - knowing that it is an idea whose time has not yet come. I'd be thrilled if the first or second generation of the Volt just had smart charging! Step one is just to have the capacity to charge when power costs the least to produce (and it would help if utilities charged accordingly). Even a timer would be fine but a more ideal circumstance would have two way communication with the utility such that my vehicle was fully charged before I needed it but done at the most off-peak period as much as possible, rather than putting in much of the charge as soon as I plug it in when I get home (which is still peak hours). To discuss V2G when we do not yet even have the capacity to have smart G2V is premature. I started out very skeptical of V2g but have become a bit of a fan of the idea – knowing that it is an idea whose time has not yet come.

I’d be thrilled if the first or second generation of the Volt just had smart charging! Step one is just to have the capacity to charge when power costs the least to produce (and it would help if utilities charged accordingly). Even a timer would be fine but a more ideal circumstance would have two way communication with the utility such that my vehicle was fully charged before I needed it but done at the most off-peak period as much as possible, rather than putting in much of the charge as soon as I plug it in when I get home (which is still peak hours).

To discuss V2G when we do not yet even have the capacity to have smart G2V is premature.

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