Comments on: Chevy Volt Gets 230 MPG City EPA Rating

By: l. c. osby

l. c. osby — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:03:02 +0000

my wife has a 160 mile round trip commute, about 2 1/4 hr. each day. How much would it cost for a little larger battery pack???
The Apple Valley, Victor Ville, Hesperia and out lining areas are part of the high desert in Calif. In the late 90′s a Cal-trans did a traffic serve and found that 70,000 plus commute over the cajon pass each day.
Almost all these people commute start at 40 miles plus, each way. West drivers have longer commute on average.

By: RobertC

RobertC — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:11:28 +0000

I have read this post and i am really confused. I am just an average joe and don’t (and will never) understand all this KWH, BCMWZ,1kwhXxyz and so on. So my consulsion is that i will never pay 40 grand for a second car (or primary) that the battery cost more to replace than the car is worth after you drive it off from the dealer. Common sense tells me that its cheaper and more dependable to just keep what i have or go buy a 12 grand auto that i know is dependable, cheaper service, and don’t loose as much money when i get rid of it. These rocket teck. people have no common sense.

By: JamesB

JamesB — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:05:36 +0000

If I buy the GM VOLT, will I still have money in my budget for my morning Starbucks? If not, think of the devestagtng effects this could have on Starbucks Inc. multiplied by millions of coffee drinkers……who suddenly all stop driniking coffe because Volt is being offered on the market.! Did anyone think of that ? No, I doubt it….

By: jeffhre

jeffhre — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:57:08 +0000

I didn’t answer the question at all. From what I’ve seen published on charging losses, calculating charging losses a 16kWh unit charged to 8kWh does not interest me at this time.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:42:23 +0000

1KWh = 3600 KJ, sorry can’t change physics, since 1J = 1W-sec.