Comments on: Koenigsegg to Buy Saab and Build Electric Supercar

By: AlexJ

AlexJ — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:08:10 +0000

You obviously haven’t seen videos of electric cars drag racing, hm? If you had, you would know that electrics have FULL torque at 0 rpm. Not only will they take you on acceleration, but down the pipe too. Electric motors can switch between running series and parallel keeping horsepower at its peak. I say to you, good luck. Watch youtube videos of the White Zombie drag car and be amazed.

By: statik

statik — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:08:20 +0000

#112 NZDavid said:

Oh my God, you really went there!
/The sad part is I knew what you were writing about, like, many others here, I suspect.
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If anyone had to know…it would be you, lol.

I guess if you know Flight of the Conchords (formerly New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo)…then you’d know this too. Of course being from New Zealand that makes sense…and SGA is very popular in your neck of the woods as well, really high ratings (relatively) for some reason.

/something tells me we have very similar habits

By: NZDavid

NZDavid — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:56:08 +0000

Statik at 104 says:
I have a whole bag full of ZPMs that will eat your ‘Diolithium’ Crystals for a afternoon snack?
http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/stargate/images/1/1c/LifelineZPM.jpg

/too nerdy a reference?

Here is a ZPM primer for the non-SGA watchers (Stargate Atlantis):

“A Zero Point Module, often abbreviated ZPM, is an incredibly long-lived power source of great magnitude capable of powering entire cities and intergalactic spacecraft for thousands of years, making it the cleanest and most potent energy source in the known universe. Current physics suggests that no power source with greater unit yield is theoretically possible.”
http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Zero_Point_Module

(leave me alone about it already…it was made in Canada, and we don’t make much good tv)

Oh my God, you really went there!
/The sad part is I knew what you were writing about, like, many others here, I suspect.

By: Marinko

Marinko — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:14:27 +0000

It’s interesting that upon leaving the GM corporate stable, these new brands seem likely to deploy vehicles with significantly better mileage – authentic hybrids and vehicles with an electric driveplain.

Could this be indicative of corporate culture issues at GM that are partly responsiible for GM’s bankruptcy?

What steps have been taken to implement a change in corporate culture as part of the bankruptcy procedure?

Is GM capable of changing it’s corporate culture?

By: Arch

Arch — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:54:52 +0000

# 1o1 RB

Be sure to look at the Water Furnace info. Looks to be the best to me. JMHO

Take Care
Arch

By: RB

RB — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:18:33 +0000

#7 CorvetteGuy said
Ya’know… When it was announced that GM would be split into 2 parts > The “Good GM Brands” and the “Bad GM Brands”, and the bad would be sold off in bankruptcy, I was thinking “Yay! Chevy stays as one of the good brands!” – - – But I am amazed how quickly the so-called ‘bad brands’ got snatched up by reputable companies and it looks like they get the last laugh…!?
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Very good points that cause one to wonder what would happen if Chevy Volt, including Voltec, were sold to another company. It seems that the major risk factor for us right now is that the car is produced but in low volume (meaning not available to us). Then the low volume becomes the reason for not producing more. In contrast, if it were sold, maybe even to Penske, the buyer would have a strong reason to push cars out the door.

I am thinking that things will not come to this and the Volt will have a happy future with GM, but they have made enough comments here and there along the line about lack of foreseen profitability that one is not too confident. So if the worst happens and GM frowns, maybe a sale will not be so much a bad thing.

By: Timaaayyy!!!

Timaaayyy!!! — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:19:00 +0000

Comments about BYD: please note that they have a LONG way to go–sales of the F3DM were NOT 24,000 units in April; they were so small they are not even listed on most sites. Their current main competitve advantage is cheap labor–both in manufacturing and in engineering. As an investor in the stock, I’m hoping that, until they become a research force, they can continue to ‘use’ other’s technology to produce products cheaply. They’re probably working on a King’s Egg copy right now, at 1/5 the price. And Fools’ Gold solar cells. And a Nullanium copy called Emptycranium. lol

By: Noel Park

Noel Park — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:48:44 +0000

#98 old man:

Actually, the words seem to have gotten a bit easier to decipher today. I still got it wrong a few times, but it’s better than I remember. Also, after the first one on a thread, subsequent comment seem to come up immediately, without moderation, which would be progress, if true.

Give it another try, and see if you think I’m right.

I saw old Jason Hendler there just now, so good for him.

By: statik

statik — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:44:59 +0000

#105 noel park

Re: Comments on AllCarsElectric.com

I totally agree with you that the “verification” thing is really frustrating. It took me about 6 tries to get it done today. The letters you are supposed to type in are totally illegible to me some times. I just keep trying until I hit it lucky. Or give up.

Plus the 500 characters max was new to me today. If they hardly get any comments, why would they care?

If this blog can get by without those things, I don’t see why that one can’t. They would get a lot more comments if they got rid of these obstacles, IMHO.

Hello Dr. Dennis?? Hint, hint, hint.
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You right, it is a little tricky to get a comment up…and 500 characters goes by hella fast.

I confess the difficulty of posting has almost completely ground any of my own comment activity to a halt (although I do attempt it from time to time). I have mentioned the issue myself a couple times early in the site’s life.

Of course, maybe Lyle’s intention is to not make it a ‘community’ site, but rather a news portal site. I do check it regularly, and anyone else interested in ‘EV news’ should as well…they have some good pieces.

By: Noel Park

Noel Park — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:28:42 +0000

Who was it who used to comment here about the “flux capacitor”, or whatever it was. Might as well just go straight to “warp drive” Sorry to display my ignorance.

#98 old man:

I think that you’re probably just about as “old” as I am, LOL. But I refuse to grow up! In fact my wife says that I get less mature each year. She’s right! It’s all part of my plan.

Plus the 500 characters max was new to me today. If they hardly get any comments, why would they care?

If this blog can get by without those things, I don’t see why that one can’t. They would get a lot more comments if they got rid of these obstacles, IMHO.

Hello Dr. Dennis?? Hint, hint, hint.