Comments on: GM Continues Push to Develop Plug-in Portfolio Beyond the Volt http://gm-volt.com/2008/11/05/gm-continues-push-to-develop-plug-in-portfolio-beyond-the-volt/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:33:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John E. Adam http://gm-volt.com/2008/11/05/gm-continues-push-to-develop-plug-in-portfolio-beyond-the-volt/#comment-77924 John E. Adam Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:24:36 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1359#comment-77924 #104 Jack Gabus, You might want to see what the US Military is doing with this technology, http://www.hybrid-vehicle.org/hybrid-truck-hemtt.html After a blizzard or huricane, the GM Volt could generate all the power for a house. The The HEMTT A3 (Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck) is big enough to haul a bunch of traditional vehicles to your trash heap of history. #104 Jack Gabus,

You might want to see what the US Military is doing with this technology,
http://www.hybrid-vehicle.org/hybrid-truck-hemtt.html

After a blizzard or huricane, the GM Volt could generate all the power for a house.

The The HEMTT A3 (Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck) is big enough to haul a bunch of traditional vehicles to your trash heap of history.

]]> By: Jack Gabus http://gm-volt.com/2008/11/05/gm-continues-push-to-develop-plug-in-portfolio-beyond-the-volt/#comment-77890 Jack Gabus Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:13:09 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1359#comment-77890 Great looking car! I'd buy it in a heart beat. One problem though....It looks as if R&D is doing a great job, but I am sure once the "Pocket protectors" and the "Suits" get a hold of it, it will wind up on the trash heap of history. Great looking car! I’d buy it in a heart beat. One problem though….It looks as if R&D is doing a great job, but I am sure once the “Pocket protectors” and the “Suits” get a hold of it, it will wind up on the trash heap of history.

]]> By: John E. Adam http://gm-volt.com/2008/11/05/gm-continues-push-to-develop-plug-in-portfolio-beyond-the-volt/#comment-77756 John E. Adam Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:57:17 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1359#comment-77756 If the One Million Solar Roofs project succeeds in California, what will happen to all that power not being used during the day? Well the power from those solar roofs could be scheduled to charge the batteries of the homeowners car plugged-in 40 miles away at work without a long extension cord. The "smart grid" could determine how much power it was getting at any point in time from "environmentally variable" solar power and it could SCHEDULE its use without wasting any. On a sunny day California Roofs could charge PHEV batteries in Oregon. On cloudy days the system would know its limitations. If the One Million Solar Roofs project succeeds in California, what will happen to all that power not being used during the day? Well the power from those solar roofs could be scheduled to charge the batteries of the homeowners car plugged-in 40 miles away at work without a long extension cord. The “smart grid” could determine how much power it was getting at any point in time from “environmentally variable” solar power and it could SCHEDULE its use without wasting any.

On a sunny day California Roofs could charge PHEV batteries in Oregon. On cloudy days the system would know its limitations.

]]> By: John E. Adam http://gm-volt.com/2008/11/05/gm-continues-push-to-develop-plug-in-portfolio-beyond-the-volt/#comment-77752 John E. Adam Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:26:58 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1359#comment-77752 101 noel park, I like Friedman. I wish I had his friends in high places. He is correct about needing a "gas tax", but he has never mentioned butanol as an alcohol fuel far superior to ethanol. That is amusing since butanol fermentation helped win WWI & II and was developed by Chaim Weizmann, the first President of Israel. Friedman obviously does know about the "smart grid" http://www.smartgridnews.com/artman/publish/industry/Thomas_Friedman_to_speak_at_GridWeek_Clinton_gets_the_Smart_Grid_Trilliant_obtains_financing_Flashy_energy_dashboard_GE_snaps_up_Smart_Grid_company_New_BPL_Global_offering_Important_standard_for_home_area_networks.html , however the article does not mention scheduling anything. They see the "smart grid" as a way for a customer to optimize their power usage. Scheduling PHEV charging would enable the Electric Utility Companies to much more closely balance generated power to customer demand at any point in time. Currently there are probably numerous coal burning power plants belching CO2 and there is no demand for the power they generate. Their only purpose is to prevent blackouts in case of sudden demand spikes. I would rather their power be used to charge PHEV batteries 24/7. 101 noel park,

I like Friedman. I wish I had his friends in high places. He is correct about needing a “gas tax”, but he has never mentioned butanol as an alcohol fuel far superior to ethanol. That is amusing since butanol fermentation helped win WWI & II and was developed by Chaim Weizmann, the first President of Israel.

Friedman obviously does know about the “smart grid”
http://www.smartgridnews.com/artman/publish/industry/Thomas_Friedman_to_speak_at_GridWeek_Clinton_gets_the_Smart_Grid_Trilliant_obtains_financing_Flashy_energy_dashboard_GE_snaps_up_Smart_Grid_company_New_BPL_Global_offering_Important_standard_for_home_area_networks.html
, however the article does not mention scheduling anything. They see the “smart grid” as a way for a customer to optimize their power usage.

Scheduling PHEV charging would enable the Electric Utility Companies to much more closely balance generated power to customer demand at any point in time. Currently there are probably numerous coal burning power plants belching CO2 and there is no demand for the power they generate. Their only purpose is to prevent blackouts in case of sudden demand spikes. I would rather their power be used to charge PHEV batteries 24/7.

]]> By: noel park http://gm-volt.com/2008/11/05/gm-continues-push-to-develop-plug-in-portfolio-beyond-the-volt/#comment-77746 noel park Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:29:48 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1359#comment-77746 Thomas L. Friedman provides a very interesting discussion of the proposed "smart grid" in his current (no pun intended) bestseller, "Hot, Flat and Crowded". Thomas L. Friedman provides a very interesting discussion of the proposed “smart grid” in his current (no pun intended) bestseller, “Hot, Flat and Crowded”.

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