Comments on: Jaguar Announces Plans To Build Extended Range XJ Hybrid Electric Car Similar to the Volt

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By: Dowler

Dowler — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:35:33 +0000

No else said a single thing about it, so I went through with it anyways. It arrived the next via parcel post and since I was the only one home, it became my secret. FastSize Extender

By: XJS GUY

XJS GUY — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:35:36 +0000

There’s a sign entering Death Valley which reads no services for 157 miles.
Just how will any electric car be able to have a sufficient range to be reasonable when someone actually wants to get anywhere?
Apparently they’re for use ONLY in town and NOT for a nice scenic trip.
My ‘93 XJS goes approx 400 mi on a tank of gas.
I’d hate to be stranded somewhere with a dead battery in one of those plug in cars.

By: Jaguar Announces Plans To Build Extended Range XJ Hybrid Electric Car Similar to the Volt « Sereneway

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:31:02 +0000

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By: Electric Vehicle Owner

Electric Vehicle Owner — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:29:50 +0000

@ CorvetteGuy 20

Er, that day happened in 1828.

As soon as people on this site stop thinking of electric drive as the drivetrain of the future and realize that it’s the drivetrain of the past and present, it’ll become real to Joe SixPack.

Time to move out of the fringe into the mainstream. Our society’s progress, halted by a century of realtively cheap non-renewable oil, has just grown up.

By: Herm

Herm — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:17:26 +0000

I think it will get a hwy mileage similar to a 2010 Prius, around 50mpg.. the biggest difference is that the Volt (compared to the Cruze) will use an Atkinson cycle genset.. and perhaps they will also increase the compression ratio (maybe, the Cruze may already have a high ratio). They can do all this because the electric motor/battery smooths out the power demands placed on the ice genset.

Low rolling resistance tires will offset some of the extra 600lbs over the Cruze (is that number a fact?.. I thought the battery was under 400lbs).

There is little braking energy recovery in hwy driving so that will not affect mileage much.

The Volt many not get as good a hwy mileage as the Prius (once the battery is depleted) due to to losses in the motor/generator.. and also the Prius has a larger ICE that will be running more relaxed than the smaller ICE in the Volt.. but perhaps the Volt will do better since its ICE is almost completely detached from road conditions, the battery will buffer everything.

In reality the hwy mileage is not important.. neither is the choice of the genset, 78% of the owners will seldom use any gas.. lets not forget that little fact.

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#32 statik Says:
April 12th, 2009 at 11:23 am

I wouldn’t take that bet, I am pencilling in very low 40s for the Volt on the ICE as well.
It should be noted that when the 50MPG was touted as a reality that it was based off the ‘new hotness’ 3 cyclinder -AND- the assumption of a impovement over the Cruze that itself was achieving its own low 40s MPG.

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EU automaker loan may lead to fuel-sipping hybrid Jag XJ : ipodindia.com — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:04:56 +0000

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bedding introduction — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:42:03 +0000

thank I know this from my old elementary Mechanical Engineering IC engines course in college.

By: sam

sam — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:01:31 +0000

A friend of mine at http://www.affluence.org had told me there was a rumor about this… is there any set date for this thing? i can’t wait to get my hands on one, looks absolutely gorgeous

By: DocM

DocM — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:35:26 +0000

#93 FME III Says:
April 13th, 2009 at 7:12 am

I find it laughable that Jag was foolish enough to come out with this announcement, and doubly so that it says the car will be in production in 2011.

As GM found, once can’t simply take an existing vehcle and convert it.

Not to mention, Jaguar’s less-than-stellar reputation for quality and reliability.
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Conversions can be done, have been done and by major makers. Ex: GM’s own two-mode strong hybrid full sized SUV’s.

As for Jaguar’s quality: JD Power rates the XJ as having 4 out of 5 quality and 5 out of 5 on performance and design, higher than many Acura, Honda and Toyota models.