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]]> By: GM Volt Fan http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/16/electrification-of-the-automobile-will-evolve-car-design-in-new-ways/#comment-113867 GM Volt Fan Tue, 19 May 2009 01:01:54 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1663#comment-113867 GM needs to work VERY hard on the exteriors of ALL their cars ... especially the upcoming Voltec vehicles. I want to see GM make a huge comeback in the auto industry. They gotta meet and EXCEED what the competition is doing. That's the reality of the auto industry. These days, it looks like GM needs to make damn sure that they are keeping up with TOYOTA especially ... and Honda, VW, Hyundai, Mercedes, BMW, etc. When GM gets the WHOLE package of the exterior, interior and the technology under the hood just right and the cars get good reviews from the automotive press, JD Power, Consumer Reports and so forth ... THAT is when GM is going to come roaring back. They'll be selling cars and trucks like crazy. I want BESTSELLERS in each segment ... AWARD WINNERS ... flagship cars that people like to brag about at parties and all that. America loves to hear comeback stories. I'm hoping that GM is going to be on the cover of all sorts of magazines in a few years with stories talking about how they turned everything around. GM needs to work VERY hard on the exteriors of ALL their cars … especially the upcoming Voltec vehicles. I want to see GM make a huge comeback in the auto industry.

They gotta meet and EXCEED what the competition is doing. That’s the reality of the auto industry. These days, it looks like GM needs to make damn sure that they are keeping up with TOYOTA especially … and Honda, VW, Hyundai, Mercedes, BMW, etc.

When GM gets the WHOLE package of the exterior, interior and the technology under the hood just right and the cars get good reviews from the automotive press, JD Power, Consumer Reports and so forth … THAT is when GM is going to come roaring back. They’ll be selling cars and trucks like crazy.

I want BESTSELLERS in each segment … AWARD WINNERS … flagship cars that people like to brag about at parties and all that. America loves to hear comeback stories. I’m hoping that GM is going to be on the cover of all sorts of magazines in a few years with stories talking about how they turned everything around.

]]> By: Electric Vehicle Owner http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/16/electrification-of-the-automobile-will-evolve-car-design-in-new-ways/#comment-113730 Electric Vehicle Owner Mon, 18 May 2009 14:44:16 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1663#comment-113730 1. Form follows function. What is beautiful is what works well. (i.e. make sure electrics have a sport mode in addition to the crappy full gasser emulation algorythm. I want hard core torque and massive regen braking for those times I want to drive it like an F1 car with KERS. You see those things pull away when they push the KERS button?) 2. Since an electric drivetrain takes less room than an ICE drivetrain and has more more flexibility in placement, electric drive removes contraints, not add them. 1. Form follows function. What is beautiful is what works well. (i.e. make sure electrics have a sport mode in addition to the crappy full gasser emulation algorythm. I want hard core torque and massive regen braking for those times I want to drive it like an F1 car with KERS. You see those things pull away when they push the KERS button?)

2. Since an electric drivetrain takes less room than an ICE drivetrain and has more more flexibility in placement, electric drive removes contraints, not add them.

]]> By: Monroe http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/16/electrification-of-the-automobile-will-evolve-car-design-in-new-ways/#comment-113662 Monroe Mon, 18 May 2009 06:33:21 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1663#comment-113662 Dan Petit, Thank you for your great post. You made many good points about the inherent limitations of BEV, in a world not speckled with ultra-fast-charging stations. One other thing I would add is that even if you do not run into one of the bad scenarios you mention, it would take extremely long to charge the batteries on a high-capacity vehicle like the Tesla. I'm guessing that recharging from near total depletion of a huge 240 mile lithium pack could take 24 hours on a standard outlet. What if you already drove a lot and then an hour after you got home, some emergency came up? Or what if you get in really late at night and can't sufficiently recharge to leave the next morning? The Tesla is real neat and will be fine for most people most of the time, but people want a car to be reliable for those other times too. The Volt can be your only car. If you're rich enough to afford a Telsa, I imagine you'll probably keep a gas vehicle as a backup to handle those emergency situations-- rr maybe a Volt... haha! Dan Petit,

Thank you for your great post. You made many good points about the inherent limitations of BEV, in a world not speckled with ultra-fast-charging stations.

One other thing I would add is that even if you do not run into one of the bad scenarios you mention, it would take extremely long to charge the batteries on a high-capacity vehicle like the Tesla. I’m guessing that recharging from near total depletion of a huge 240 mile lithium pack could take 24 hours on a standard outlet. What if you already drove a lot and then an hour after you got home, some emergency came up? Or what if you get in really late at night and can’t sufficiently recharge to leave the next morning?

The Tesla is real neat and will be fine for most people most of the time, but people want a car to be reliable for those other times too. The Volt can be your only car. If you’re rich enough to afford a Telsa, I imagine you’ll probably keep a gas vehicle as a backup to handle those emergency situations– rr maybe a Volt… haha!

]]> By: CS Guy http://gm-volt.com/2009/05/16/electrification-of-the-automobile-will-evolve-car-design-in-new-ways/#comment-113657 CS Guy Mon, 18 May 2009 04:29:16 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1663#comment-113657 One design change that might catch on with all-electric cars is a standardized chassis design that several car makers can share and just add the car body. Think of it as an open source chassis (except it's not free). One design change that might catch on with all-electric cars is a standardized chassis design that several car makers can share and just add the car body.

Think of it as an open source chassis (except it’s not free).

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