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	<title>Comments on: Opel Ampera Official Picture Released</title>
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		<title>By: Anto</title>
		<link>http://gm-volt.com/2009/03/01/opel-ampera-official-picture-released/#comment-98706</link>
		<dc:creator>Anto</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The new Vehicle Electric, Opel Ampera.
Frank Weber explains the technology inside the Opel Ampera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucr7Rt-cWU0</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The new Vehicle Electric, Opel Ampera.<br />
Frank Weber explains the technology inside the Opel Ampera<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucr7Rt-cWU0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucr7Rt-cWU0</a></p>
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		<title>By: Paul P</title>
		<link>http://gm-volt.com/2009/03/01/opel-ampera-official-picture-released/#comment-98580</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Someone on another blog posted that the headlights look like Alice Cooper eyes. Sorry whenever I see this car, I LMAO.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone on another blog posted that the headlights look like Alice Cooper eyes. Sorry whenever I see this car, I LMAO.</p>
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		<title>By: Ben Morrow</title>
		<link>http://gm-volt.com/2009/03/01/opel-ampera-official-picture-released/#comment-98514</link>
		<dc:creator>Ben Morrow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just wanted to chime in and say that I would buy an Ampera over a Volt as well. 

It looks much &quot;faster&quot; to me. I think it retains more of the soul of the original concept fort the Volt than the production Volt itself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just wanted to chime in and say that I would buy an Ampera over a Volt as well. </p>
<p>It looks much &#8220;faster&#8221; to me. I think it retains more of the soul of the original concept fort the Volt than the production Volt itself.</p>
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		<title>By: tim-the-dreamer</title>
		<link>http://gm-volt.com/2009/03/01/opel-ampera-official-picture-released/#comment-98319</link>
		<dc:creator>tim-the-dreamer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Altazi@63,

LMAO, dude!</description>
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<p>LMAO, dude!</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Robinson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Robinson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bush kept inflation down.  The banks and other speculators got
greedy and assumed he wouldn&#039;t do that.  That is why we are in
a financial crisis today.  That and we have to get off of using oil
in our transportation system sooner than later.  

The sooner GM gets off of thinking a pure EV or an extended 
range EV is the way to go, the better.  We need to see mass
production of fuel cell cars and just bite the bullet already on
building a hydrogen infrastructure.  Hydrogen is the only option 
that can be produced anywhere using a variety of methods.  
There is enough desert land in the U.S. that is not tapped for 
it&#039;s solar potential which can easily produce all the hydrogen needed for cars.  Solar cracking of water comes to mind as an
option.

Electric cars are plagued by the difficulty of storing enough energy
on board to achieve a 40 mile AER.  Take into account simply driving the wheels then add the cost of supporting: head lamps, 
AC, a heater core, and a radio and your power needs are quite high.  There isn&#039;t a high capacity battery that isn&#039;t explosive and Lithium ION batteries especially have an explosion risk.  It is
more efficient to store compressed hydrogen and run it through
a fuel cell than it is space wise to use an enormous chemical battery.   Pure EV&#039;s are not the answer, it isn&#039;t worth it to put an
extremely expensive incredibly huge battery in a car.  A small
battery that could be nickel metal hydride and a fuel cell plus
a hydrogen producing fuel system is a much better way to go.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush kept inflation down.  The banks and other speculators got<br />
greedy and assumed he wouldn&#8217;t do that.  That is why we are in<br />
a financial crisis today.  That and we have to get off of using oil<br />
in our transportation system sooner than later.  </p>
<p>The sooner GM gets off of thinking a pure EV or an extended<br />
range EV is the way to go, the better.  We need to see mass<br />
production of fuel cell cars and just bite the bullet already on<br />
building a hydrogen infrastructure.  Hydrogen is the only option<br />
that can be produced anywhere using a variety of methods.<br />
There is enough desert land in the U.S. that is not tapped for<br />
it&#8217;s solar potential which can easily produce all the hydrogen needed for cars.  Solar cracking of water comes to mind as an<br />
option.</p>
<p>Electric cars are plagued by the difficulty of storing enough energy<br />
on board to achieve a 40 mile AER.  Take into account simply driving the wheels then add the cost of supporting: head lamps,<br />
AC, a heater core, and a radio and your power needs are quite high.  There isn&#8217;t a high capacity battery that isn&#8217;t explosive and Lithium ION batteries especially have an explosion risk.  It is<br />
more efficient to store compressed hydrogen and run it through<br />
a fuel cell than it is space wise to use an enormous chemical battery.   Pure EV&#8217;s are not the answer, it isn&#8217;t worth it to put an<br />
extremely expensive incredibly huge battery in a car.  A small<br />
battery that could be nickel metal hydride and a fuel cell plus<br />
a hydrogen producing fuel system is a much better way to go.</p>
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