Comments on: GM’s Chief to Toyota’s President on plug-in hybrids: “That’s my speech” http://gm-volt.com/2008/01/15/gms-chief-to-toyotas-president-on-plug-in-hybrids-thats-my-speech/ 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: Roddy http://gm-volt.com/2008/01/15/gms-chief-to-toyotas-president-on-plug-in-hybrids-thats-my-speech/#comment-63996 Roddy Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:15:26 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/01/15/gms-chief-to-toyotas-president-on-plug-in-hybrids-thats-my-speech/#comment-63996 To 'Proud USA' that states "Michigan is a stigma of the USA blah, blah, blah..." dude, take an English class if you're going to blog on American websites. Also, some people in California recognize that the Big 3 currently have offerings that are as good or better than Toy or Hunda....and spend their money on the US corporation's product in hopes that there will continue to be an American corporation to GIVE US JOBS! Dork. To ‘Proud USA’ that states “Michigan is a stigma of the USA blah, blah, blah…” dude, take an English class if you’re going to blog on American websites. Also, some people in California recognize that the Big 3 currently have offerings that are as good or better than Toy or Hunda….and spend their money on the US corporation’s product in hopes that there will continue to be an American corporation to GIVE US JOBS! Dork.

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]]> By: Jean-Charles Jacquemin http://gm-volt.com/2008/01/15/gms-chief-to-toyotas-president-on-plug-in-hybrids-thats-my-speech/#comment-27743 Jean-Charles Jacquemin Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:13:54 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/01/15/gms-chief-to-toyotas-president-on-plug-in-hybrids-thats-my-speech/#comment-27743 AES #18, Dave B #19, Bruce G #23, Thank you for your global questions, they are noted, For those of you who read French, here is the link : http://www.involve.be/FR/news/article.aspx?G=06494ab7-e4b7-4304-b33a-7ab5995a3fa1 What is interesting is that they say that the C30 ReCharge has an E-range of 100km on a single charge (around 70 miles) and a complete recharge time of only 3 hours. And if you read Dutch (we are in Belgium), here is the link. http://www.involve.be/NL/news/article.aspx?G=06494ab7-e4b7-4304-b33a-7ab5995a3fa1 If I get clearer answers than before on Tuesday, stay tuned on this post, I'll give them to you, and if I do not get clear answers I'll keep you posted. Regards AES #18, Dave B #19, Bruce G #23,

Thank you for your global questions, they are noted,

For those of you who read French, here is the link :
http://www.involve.be/FR/news/article.aspx?G=06494ab7-e4b7-4304-b33a-7ab5995a3fa1

What is interesting is that they say that the C30 ReCharge has an E-range of 100km on a single charge (around 70 miles) and a complete recharge time of only 3 hours.

And if you read Dutch (we are in Belgium), here is the link.
http://www.involve.be/NL/news/article.aspx?G=06494ab7-e4b7-4304-b33a-7ab5995a3fa1

If I get clearer answers than before on Tuesday, stay tuned on this post, I’ll give them to you, and if I do not get clear answers I’ll keep you posted.

Regards

]]> By: noel park http://gm-volt.com/2008/01/15/gms-chief-to-toyotas-president-on-plug-in-hybrids-thats-my-speech/#comment-27693 noel park Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:46:54 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/01/15/gms-chief-to-toyotas-president-on-plug-in-hybrids-thats-my-speech/#comment-27693 Well I said I don't care about the 0-60 time, but a minute probably won't work! Pretty tough getting on the freeway in LA. Proud USA, #25: What has happened to Michigan is indeed a disgrace. If the US auto industry does not begin to build products so superior that people cannot resist buying them again, it will only get worse. Yesterday I mentioned Chalmers Johnson and his books. Professor Johnson says that the US has allowed its manufacturing base to be "hollowed out" as a quid pro quo for overseas basing rights for our imperial military. That all came well before we decided to decimate our economy by throwing away trillions of dollars in Iraq. Well I said I don’t care about the 0-60 time, but a minute probably won’t work! Pretty tough getting on the freeway in LA.

Proud USA, #25:

What has happened to Michigan is indeed a disgrace. If the US auto industry does not begin to build products so superior that people cannot resist buying them again, it will only get worse.

Yesterday I mentioned Chalmers Johnson and his books. Professor Johnson says that the US has allowed its manufacturing base to be “hollowed out” as a quid pro quo for overseas basing rights for our imperial military.

That all came well before we decided to decimate our economy by throwing away trillions of dollars in Iraq.

]]> By: AES http://gm-volt.com/2008/01/15/gms-chief-to-toyotas-president-on-plug-in-hybrids-thats-my-speech/#comment-27543 AES Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:24:38 +0000 http://www.gm-volt.com/2008/01/15/gms-chief-to-toyotas-president-on-plug-in-hybrids-thats-my-speech/#comment-27543 If mule acceleration truly is a problem, there are three possible explanation: -Drivetrain/electric motors are too weak. This is pretty unlikely, given how quick Chevy's fuel cell equinoxes are, and they're using the same GM electric motor technology. -Lithium battery discharge is too low. Again, unlikely given the >100kW results in the lab so far. -The much more reasonable explanation is that they did some tests with NiMH packs to ensure that the mules are drivable, and NiMH tends to have much lower peak power density than lithium. If mule acceleration truly is a problem, there are three possible explanation:

-Drivetrain/electric motors are too weak. This is pretty unlikely, given how quick Chevy’s fuel cell equinoxes are, and they’re using the same GM electric motor technology.

-Lithium battery discharge is too low. Again, unlikely given the >100kW results in the lab so far.

-The much more reasonable explanation is that they did some tests with NiMH packs to ensure that the mules are drivable, and NiMH tends to have much lower peak power density than lithium.

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