Has this topic already been beaten to death on this site and I’m late to the game?

So, LG provides 9.9% and Hitachi gen 3 provides 90.9% of gen 1 Voltec power pack cells, for total of 110,000 gen 1 power packs with gen 2 using Hitachi gen 4?

hmmm, methinks that we’ll be seeing some more Voltec product line announcements this next year from GM (if it can rinse through BK as rapidly as that other company did), so that we have a nice domestic mainstream electric drive product mix to join the forthcoming uber-cute Mitsubishi I Meows and uber-utility Subaru Stellars and Porsche Design/Engineer Codas on the road.

I think that vehicle makers finally get that plug and play power pack performance/price upgrades are the way to go. Welcome to the electronic app store world for vehicles, y’all, like Apple or Verizon. Show the way, AT&T (er, I mean GM).

Then again, the url does say rumor, so I’ll believe something when I drive it, park it in my garage, and see the registration with my name on it, like I do with my current high performance electric motorcycle.

> You can get a five passenger lithium powered car made in China that has a 500 km driving range on a single charge for less than $18000.

Where?

> Same size , same power , same quality .

What same quality?

> Whats going on anyway .

There are few places in the world that can produce Li-Ion cells that last more than 10 years. China isn’t one of those places, and surprisingly, nor is Japan(i-MIEV has a battery life of 5 years).

We know that LG is selling cells to GM at $500 per kwh, and that GM derates these cells 50%.. there are Chinese manufacturers that will sell LiFe cells at around $300 .. but you also need a more those of those cells since they have a lower voltage.

Actually, the best solution would be to produce the converj first. That way anyone who wanted Voltec would have to pay Cadillac prices. At least for the first few months. However, since that’s no longer an option, GM should still green light the converj, and produce it as soon after the Volt as they possibly can. Anyone interested in a luxury car would pick the converj over the Volt. It’s gorgeous.

#102 jeffhre

I agree that developing nation’s are better off in the long run if they restrict the inflow of foreign goods to help their native industries. Japan is certainly a success story. The problem is that when multiple governments subsidize their industries, the world is flooded with excess supply, and no one can compete without government aid. And that’s in no one’s best interests.

Also, unbalanced trade agreements are bleeding the US dry. The $700 billion per year trade deficit happened for a reason. Yes, I want the US to help out poorer nations. But I’m not willing to get into debt to them to make them better off. And poorer nations have a huge built in advantage in cheap labor costs.

But cutting off trade with developing countries is not the answer. Trade is an important engine for economic growth and innovation. Without trade, everyone is worse off. Besides, at this point, the world economy is so intertwined that if everyone threw up walls–the supply train interruptions alone would cause immense economic devastation.

The point is to strike a balance and come to trade agreements that make both parties better off. Unlike our current trade agreements with China, Japan, and South Korea.

Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/10/oil-market-reserves

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