Comments on: Lutz: 1 Million Worldwide E-Flex Production by 2020 and is GM Planning to Bring Battery Production in House? http://gm-volt.com/2008/07/27/lutz-1-million-worldwide-e-flex-production-by-2020-and-is-gm-planning-to-bring-battery-production-in-house/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:31:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GM Volt Fan http://gm-volt.com/2008/07/27/lutz-1-million-worldwide-e-flex-production-by-2020-and-is-gm-planning-to-bring-battery-production-in-house/#comment-55901 GM Volt Fan Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:57:13 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1185#comment-55901 177. Noah Nehm Check this out ... a lithium ion capacitor. http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/07/jm-energy-intro.html#more http://bioage.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/28/lic1.gif I have no doubt that since there are hundreds if not thousands of scientists working on cutting edge batteries and other storage devices, we are GOING to have better electric cars and ER-EVs on the way in the next 5-10 years. It's just a matter of time. It may even be sooner than we think if this EEStor ultracapacitor technology is "for real". I think the scientists ought to COMBINE different electricity storage technologies so that they get the qualities they want out of the battery pack as a whole. Things like 300+ miles of range and 10 minute recharging times. However, you have to take into consideration several factors when it comes to using energy storage devices for automobiles .... Power, Energy, Safety, Life, and Cost. http://www.greencarcongress.com/images/2008/05/18/ucditsphev_2.png Cost in particular can be a big hurdle to get over. Whoever can come up with the best battery PACK (with an optimal combination of technologies) will be the next gazillionaire. If you are a battery scientist in the lab today, you could become the next Bill Gates if you can bring to the world a CLEARLY better solution for battery packs in automobiles. 177. Noah Nehm

Check this out … a lithium ion capacitor.

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/07/jm-energy-intro.html#more

http://bioage.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/28/lic1.gif

I have no doubt that since there are hundreds if not thousands of scientists working on cutting edge batteries and other storage devices, we are GOING to have better electric cars and ER-EVs on the way in the next 5-10 years. It’s just a matter of time. It may even be sooner than we think if this EEStor ultracapacitor technology is “for real”. I think the scientists ought to COMBINE different electricity storage technologies so that they get the qualities they want out of the battery pack as a whole. Things like 300+ miles of range and 10 minute recharging times.

However, you have to take into consideration several factors when it comes to using energy storage devices for automobiles …. Power, Energy, Safety, Life, and Cost.

http://www.greencarcongress.com/images/2008/05/18/ucditsphev_2.png

Cost in particular can be a big hurdle to get over. Whoever can come up with the best battery PACK (with an optimal combination of technologies) will be the next gazillionaire. If you are a battery scientist in the lab today, you could become the next Bill Gates if you can bring to the world a CLEARLY better solution for battery packs in automobiles.

]]> By: Tagamet http://gm-volt.com/2008/07/27/lutz-1-million-worldwide-e-flex-production-by-2020-and-is-gm-planning-to-bring-battery-production-in-house/#comment-55870 Tagamet Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:08:03 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1185#comment-55870 Noah@177 Thanks for the tech link. For everyone interested in tech in many areas, this is a great free newsletter (Mon - Fri). I've read it for over a year. Be well, Tag Noah@177

Thanks for the tech link. For everyone interested in tech in many areas, this is a great free newsletter (Mon – Fri). I’ve read it for over a year.

Be well,
Tag

]]> By: Noah Nehm http://gm-volt.com/2008/07/27/lutz-1-million-worldwide-e-flex-production-by-2020-and-is-gm-planning-to-bring-battery-production-in-house/#comment-55869 Noah Nehm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:02:59 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1185#comment-55869 This is a bit OT, but there is an interesting article in Technology Review that outlines a promising new low cost manufacturing technique for Lithium-Ion Batteries: http://www.technologyreview.com/Nanotech/21141/?a=f It's amazing how much progress is being made in battery technology these days.... This is a bit OT, but there is an interesting article in Technology Review that outlines a promising new low cost manufacturing technique for Lithium-Ion Batteries:

http://www.technologyreview.com/Nanotech/21141/?a=f

It’s amazing how much progress is being made in battery technology these days….

]]> By: voltfan http://gm-volt.com/2008/07/27/lutz-1-million-worldwide-e-flex-production-by-2020-and-is-gm-planning-to-bring-battery-production-in-house/#comment-55867 voltfan Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:59:08 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1185#comment-55867 “Bringing battery technology in-house” ... could GM be the "mystery buyer" for Cobasys??? http://www.cobasys.com “Bringing battery technology in-house” … could GM be the “mystery buyer” for Cobasys??? http://www.cobasys.com

]]> By: noel park http://gm-volt.com/2008/07/27/lutz-1-million-worldwide-e-flex-production-by-2020-and-is-gm-planning-to-bring-battery-production-in-house/#comment-55846 noel park Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:52:58 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1185#comment-55846 #167 N Riley: Truth to tell, I once said here that I would pay the full price up front right now. Somehow I just didn't feel comfortable putting that on the waiting list. Plus, the price has reportedly escalated so much since then that it's a bit scary. Still if they would commit to a price that made any kind of sense, I would figure out a way to do it. #174 Darius: Thanks for the link. So much the better, if true. I would actually seriously consider an EV the size of the Trax or the Groove, if it was freeway legal and had enough range to credibly get me back and forth to work. I would work around it somehow for my daytime work travel. #167 N Riley:

Truth to tell, I once said here that I would pay the full price up front right now. Somehow I just didn’t feel comfortable putting that on the waiting list. Plus, the price has reportedly escalated so much since then that it’s a bit scary. Still if they would commit to a price that made any kind of sense, I would figure out a way to do it.

#174 Darius:

Thanks for the link. So much the better, if true.

I would actually seriously consider an EV the size of the Trax or the Groove, if it was freeway legal and had enough range to credibly get me back and forth to work. I would work around it somehow for my daytime work travel.

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