Comments on: How Charging of the Battery Works in the Chevy Volt http://gm-volt.com/2008/09/27/how-charging-of-the-battery-works-in-the-chevy-volt/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:26:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mike http://gm-volt.com/2008/09/27/how-charging-of-the-battery-works-in-the-chevy-volt/#comment-147094 mike Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:16:55 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1305#comment-147094 Sounds nice but slightly impractical. wouldn't help for road trips or for people like me who live in an apartment where there is no outlet for charging the vehicle. A solar panel would be a good option for solving this issue. Sounds nice but slightly impractical. wouldn’t help for road trips or for people like me who live in an apartment where there is no outlet for charging the vehicle. A solar panel would be a good option for solving this issue.

]]> By: Ann Lawn http://gm-volt.com/2008/09/27/how-charging-of-the-battery-works-in-the-chevy-volt/#comment-146231 Ann Lawn Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:51:18 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1305#comment-146231 Saw this during my Monday night web searches. Amazing what stuff you can find doing a search for mower repair. Kind of caught me off guard. Thanks for posting. Saw this during my Monday night web searches. Amazing what stuff you can find doing a search for mower repair.
Kind of caught me off guard.

Thanks for posting.

]]> By: Chevy Volt: 230MPG City - Page 5 - Ultimatecarpage.com forums http://gm-volt.com/2008/09/27/how-charging-of-the-battery-works-in-the-chevy-volt/#comment-136656 Chevy Volt: 230MPG City - Page 5 - Ultimatecarpage.com forums Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:51:44 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1305#comment-136656 [...] Originally Posted by wstander According to the article in Wikipedia, the batteries discharge only to 30% and even on plug-in recharge, only charge up to 85%... That article also quotes a GM engineer as stating that the Volt will have a 640+ mile range on combined EV and gasoline-generator power....(!?) Try this: How Charging of the Battery Works in the Chevy Volt | GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site [...] [...] Originally Posted by wstander According to the article in Wikipedia, the batteries discharge only to 30% and even on plug-in recharge, only charge up to 85%… That article also quotes a GM engineer as stating that the Volt will have a 640+ mile range on combined EV and gasoline-generator power….(!?) Try this: How Charging of the Battery Works in the Chevy Volt | GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site [...]

]]> By: jeffhre http://gm-volt.com/2008/09/27/how-charging-of-the-battery-works-in-the-chevy-volt/#comment-121227 jeffhre Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:06:31 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1305#comment-121227 Or married? Or married?

]]> By: Ian Pendergrast http://gm-volt.com/2008/09/27/how-charging-of-the-battery-works-in-the-chevy-volt/#comment-112029 Ian Pendergrast Fri, 08 May 2009 01:39:38 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1305#comment-112029 A few simple questions about the charging and if it is idiot proof for the time poor and not so technicaly savvy: 1) Does the car remind you when you get home to plug in? (Has smart GPS to enable this) 2) Can you set a number of locations as home for charging reminder (ie home , work, car park etc) 3) Does the car remind you, or prevent you from driving whilst plugged in? I get an interesting mental picture of that one when you run out of cable length - LOL Just a thought as I think my wife would remember to put the car on charge after she runs out of gas!! Ian A few simple questions about the charging and if it is idiot proof for the time poor and not so technicaly savvy:
1) Does the car remind you when you get home to plug in? (Has smart GPS to enable this)
2) Can you set a number of locations as home for charging reminder (ie home , work, car park etc)
3) Does the car remind you, or prevent you from driving whilst plugged in? I get an interesting mental picture of that one when you run out of cable length – LOL

Just a thought as I think my wife would remember to put the car on charge after she runs out of gas!!

Ian

]]> By: BobDobbs http://gm-volt.com/2008/09/27/how-charging-of-the-battery-works-in-the-chevy-volt/#comment-90528 BobDobbs Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:45:20 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1305#comment-90528 2005 In Bob Lutz's words, the aerodynamics might have been better if they put it in the wind tunnel backwards. Just remember your tax paying dollars helped pay those engineers for being complete failures. A person who baught a GM made vehicle complained how opening the trunk dumps snow in it. GM is a Michigan company which sees snow all the time. In 2007 they lost $37 Billion and the president collects $16 Million. They should have fired the entire executive staff and do exactly the opposite of what they have done in the past. My favorite description of GM is take a dump in a box mark it up ridiculously and throw a GM tag on it. They may have made the 60mpg Geo Metro.. but if you ever got into an accident you were just screwed. They have 3 pistons not even the same size. In which costs more to make/stock three different pistons. Sad truth, to them building crappy products its called job security for technicians. I wanted to use the GM engine for a prototype I was building and was directed to a branch in India dealing with venture company's wanting to use their engines. According to George Bush in his last Press Conference he said he's done amazing work to build great relations with China and India.. Of course he has, outsourcing millions of jobs to them and China owning 25% of our debt which makes them feel better knowing America can't live without China. Capitalism at its finest has bent you over with no consideration to give you some lube. 2005 In Bob Lutz’s words, the aerodynamics might have been better if they put it in the wind tunnel backwards. Just remember your tax paying dollars helped pay those engineers for being complete failures. A person who baught a GM made vehicle complained how opening the trunk dumps snow in it. GM is a Michigan company which sees snow all the time.

In 2007 they lost $37 Billion and the president collects $16 Million. They should have fired the entire executive staff and do exactly the opposite of what they have done in the past. My favorite description of GM is take a dump in a box mark it up ridiculously and throw a GM tag on it.

They may have made the 60mpg Geo Metro.. but if you ever got into an accident you were just screwed. They have 3 pistons not even the same size. In which costs more to make/stock three different pistons. Sad truth, to them building crappy products its called job security for technicians.

I wanted to use the GM engine for a prototype I was building and was directed to a branch in India dealing with venture company’s wanting to use their engines. According to George Bush in his last Press Conference he said he’s done amazing work to build great relations with China and India.. Of course he has, outsourcing millions of jobs to them and China owning 25% of our debt which makes them feel better knowing America can’t live without China. Capitalism at its finest has bent you over with no consideration to give you some lube.

]]> By: FalconEV http://gm-volt.com/2008/09/27/how-charging-of-the-battery-works-in-the-chevy-volt/#comment-88514 FalconEV Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:04:10 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1305#comment-88514 If u live in a condo/apt. An ecar is hard to charge. For those people, an E-bike where u take the battery pack inside to charge is the answer. I carry a camping generator in my E-car for backup charging I use my e-car for all trips within 40 miles at up to 50 mph, 90% of the time. So don't tell me it has to go 80mph for 200 miles, and carry 2000 lbs of stuff. Use a gasoline car / pickup for that. Most of you are driving an SUV around town now anyway, w one person. To measure the amount of charge in watts, use a watt meter. Oh, and BTW, I use my ebike and Escooter for the other 9% of the time ! If u live in a condo/apt. An ecar is hard to charge. For those people, an E-bike where u take the battery pack inside to charge is the answer.
I carry a camping generator in my E-car for backup charging
I use my e-car for all trips within 40 miles at up to 50 mph, 90% of the time. So don’t tell me it has to go 80mph for 200 miles, and carry 2000 lbs of stuff. Use a gasoline car / pickup for that.
Most of you are driving an SUV around town now anyway, w one person.
To measure the amount of charge in watts, use a watt meter.
Oh, and BTW, I use my ebike and Escooter for the other 9% of the time !

]]> By: ros mcintosh http://gm-volt.com/2008/09/27/how-charging-of-the-battery-works-in-the-chevy-volt/#comment-87219 ros mcintosh Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:31:47 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1305#comment-87219 It would enormously help sales of the Volt if the amount of electric recharge could be easily measured (so it can be charged and paid for in apt. buildings, condos, motels, restaurants, garages, etc.). Ideally, the car or the adaptor that is being plugged in the electric outlet should show the amount of recharge. I live in a condo where the request of a homeowner to have an electric outlet to recharge her car was recently refused. Ros It would enormously help sales of the Volt if the amount of electric recharge could be easily measured (so it can be charged and paid for in apt. buildings, condos, motels, restaurants, garages, etc.).
Ideally, the car or the adaptor that is being plugged in the electric outlet should show the amount of recharge.
I live in a condo where the request of a homeowner to have an electric outlet to recharge her car was recently refused.
Ros

]]> By: Rory http://gm-volt.com/2008/09/27/how-charging-of-the-battery-works-in-the-chevy-volt/#comment-86688 Rory Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:38:05 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1305#comment-86688 If you put gasoline into the volt, it is a plug-in hybrid. How you use the gasoline doesn't matter. I have solar panels on my house and sell electricity back to the grid. I want a car that is a true electric plug-in only. Don't pee on me and tell me it's raining. If you put gasoline into the volt, it is a plug-in hybrid. How you use the gasoline doesn’t matter.

I have solar panels on my house and sell electricity back to the grid. I want a car that is a true electric plug-in only.

Don’t pee on me and tell me it’s raining.

]]> By: Rory http://gm-volt.com/2008/09/27/how-charging-of-the-battery-works-in-the-chevy-volt/#comment-86685 Rory Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:30:11 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1305#comment-86685 Why can the Tesla get 300 mi/charge with no engine and the volt can only get 40? They are a start-up and don't have anywhere near the resources as GM. And didn't the EV-1 get 100mi/charge over 13 years ago. What has GM been doing for the past decade????? Also, aren't hybrids inefficient? Wouldn't the car cost more in the short and long run to have a gas engine and generator kick in when the battery is at 50%? I've heard the explanations about range and refueling, but it feels like I'm being peed on while GM is telling me it's raining. I'll say this one more time - make an all electric vehicle that goes at highway speeds and gets 200+ miles per charge and people will buy them and charging stations will be built. GM sounds like a heroin addict when it comes to gasoline. Why can the Tesla get 300 mi/charge with no engine and the volt can only get 40? They are a start-up and don’t have anywhere near the resources as GM. And didn’t the EV-1 get 100mi/charge over 13 years ago. What has GM been doing for the past decade?????

Also, aren’t hybrids inefficient? Wouldn’t the car cost more in the short and long run to have a gas engine and generator kick in when the battery is at 50%? I’ve heard the explanations about range and refueling, but it feels like I’m being peed on while GM is telling me it’s raining.

I’ll say this one more time – make an all electric vehicle that goes at highway speeds and gets 200+ miles per charge and people will buy them and charging stations will be built.

GM sounds like a heroin addict when it comes to gasoline.

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