Comments on: GM VP of R&D Suggests Natural Gas Chevy Volt Range Extender

By: The Daily Five: Saturday, 9 August, 2008 | EcoTech Daily

The Daily Five: Saturday, 9 August, 2008 | EcoTech Daily — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:50:56 +0000

[...] GM VP of R&D Suggests Natural Gas Chevy Volt Range Extender: On the tail of unexpectedly large losses last quarter, General Motors’ Vice President of Research and Development is hinting that the company is highly interested in natural gas for automotive use. Larry Burns says that natural gas’ availability and relatively low cost makes it attractive for long-term development. Natural gas would likely find use running range extenders for GM’s upcoming electric car technologies. (GM Volt blog) [...]

By: Whistleteeth

Whistleteeth — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:40:04 +0000

Sweet. Just one more way to plug it into my house. Solar pannels, grid electricity, and now I’ll just plumb a natural gas nipple to my garage. Peice o’ cake, sign me up for NEVER going to a gas station ever again! Bye bye middle men!

By: The Daily Five: Monday, 4 August, 2008 | EcoTech Daily

The Daily Five: Monday, 4 August, 2008 | EcoTech Daily — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:01:33 +0000

By: Jeff M

Jeff M — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:48:42 +0000

For anyone interested… Picken’s is scheduled to appear on Larry King Live on CNN this Monday (Aug. 4th) airing live at 9pm ET (and rerun at least once later on the same night).

ps to amante… I hate to tell you this, but it’s the oil companies that also produce most of the natural gas… that’s why they are called oil & gas… natural gas comes from the same source as oil… but is formed instead of oil due to the tempatures/pressures, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum#Formation

Those that think using natural gas for general transportation will be cheaper than using gasoline are in for a surprise. NG prices are already up significantly this century… increasing demand by using it for general transportation is going to cost us all more

By: amante

amante — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:26:52 +0000

Im buying the volt to save the environment. The usual petroleum backup idea sucks and I prefer clean burning natural gas as the backup!
Pickens has the right idea. Lets finally keep the oil companies out of our pockets at last.
This option will be the winner!

By: Randy

Randy — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:52:58 +0000

WHy not make it an option, as well as a bio-diesel range extender,

By: NZDavid

NZDavid — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:06:17 +0000

160 Sam

I agree with everything you wrote. Replacing one imported fuel for another makes no sense at all.

By: Len

Len — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:23:38 +0000

MIT is running on all cylinders. I don’t know how feasible it is to have hydrogen and oxygen gas in the home though.

http://www.edn.com/article/CA6583673.html?nid=3351&rid=1158564308

By: DonC

DonC — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:37:47 +0000

Interesting interview on the EESTOR blog. Apparently the initial press release didn’t convey that EESTOR is starting their produciton run and is raring to go:

http://bariumtitanate.blogspot.com/2008/07/richard-weir-says-permittivity-is.html

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:20:04 +0000

Off-topic, I just realized if GM can make $5000 profit on each VOLT that they sell, if 20,000 of us here don’t back out of the waiting list and get one, GM will make $100 Million profit from people on this site alone. Not bad at all for profits coming from one car alone, for first two years of production, if GM keeps its promise and mass produce these babes.

I know that with the battery costs, above scenario is HIGHLY unlikely, but still…may be by 2014 or 2015, GM will be laughing all the way to the bank. GM, don’t die on me now; make this happen so that I get my VOLT and you get back in some serious green!! =)