Comments on: GM Still Claims Volt Will Get 40 All Electric Miles Both Highway and City, But Under What Conditions? http://gm-volt.com/2009/08/13/gm-still-claims-volt-will-get-40-all-electric-miles-both-highway-and-city-but-under-what-conditions/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Sat, 26 May 2012 03:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: steel http://gm-volt.com/2009/08/13/gm-still-claims-volt-will-get-40-all-electric-miles-both-highway-and-city-but-under-what-conditions/#comment-136655 steel Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:49:08 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1795#comment-136655 Late reply, but lets look at that .95 * .9 = .855 Not much better than 84%. Keep in mind that this appears to be a "soaker" charge. In that the Charger, if not properly designed, leaked charge -after- the battery is completely full. Maybe not much, but not much for 10+ hours starts to add up Late reply, but lets look at that

.95 * .9 = .855

Not much better than 84%. Keep in mind that this appears to be a “soaker” charge. In that the Charger, if not properly designed, leaked charge -after- the battery is completely full. Maybe not much, but not much for 10+ hours starts to add up

]]> By: tgun http://gm-volt.com/2009/08/13/gm-still-claims-volt-will-get-40-all-electric-miles-both-highway-and-city-but-under-what-conditions/#comment-136606 tgun Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:58:30 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1795#comment-136606 Simple, convert the electricity consumed to charge the battery pack into BTUs then equivalent gallons of gasoline. Combine with the ICE mpg (after 40 miles of BEV operation), and you have a blended (composite) MPG rating that can be compared apples to apples with standard ICE competitive automobiles. Now you can have a "MPG" sticker number that consumers can use to conduct a fair economic comparison versus pulling out the ol' excel worksheet and running the numbers... Simple, convert the electricity consumed to charge the battery pack into BTUs then equivalent gallons of gasoline. Combine with the ICE mpg (after 40 miles of BEV operation), and you have a blended (composite) MPG rating that can be compared apples to apples with standard ICE competitive automobiles.

Now you can have a “MPG” sticker number that consumers can use to conduct a fair economic comparison versus pulling out the ol’ excel worksheet and running the numbers…

]]> By: Larry McFall http://gm-volt.com/2009/08/13/gm-still-claims-volt-will-get-40-all-electric-miles-both-highway-and-city-but-under-what-conditions/#comment-136570 Larry McFall Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:33:53 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1795#comment-136570 40 MPG seems to be a reasonable goal while running the Volt on it's internal combustion engine however, considering the method the internal combustion engine is used to only drive the generator, it should do much better than that. I understand that the engine is running at somewhat a constant RPM which converts to burning as much fuels at slow speeds as fast would drastically result in differential of MPG. With the 230 crap GM put out, I don't trust GM to be honest about anything. Kinda of like expecting to get an honest assessement out of our government. GM needs to be up front and honest to all. I still believe in the VOLTEC concept but not in the management. Sorry, we didn't do it, GM did. 40 MPG seems to be a reasonable goal while running the Volt on it’s internal combustion engine however, considering the method the internal combustion engine is used to only drive the generator, it should do much better than that. I understand that the engine is running at somewhat a constant RPM which converts to burning as much fuels at slow speeds as fast would drastically result in differential of MPG.

With the 230 crap GM put out, I don’t trust GM to be honest about anything. Kinda of like expecting to get an honest assessement out of our government.

GM needs to be up front and honest to all. I still believe in the VOLTEC concept but not in the management. Sorry, we didn’t do it, GM did.

]]> By: Loboc http://gm-volt.com/2009/08/13/gm-still-claims-volt-will-get-40-all-electric-miles-both-highway-and-city-but-under-what-conditions/#comment-136464 Loboc Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:53:59 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1795#comment-136464 No car makes sense financially. Riding the bus makes sense financially. Cars make sense EMOTIONALLY. 230 is an emotional number (obviously, right?) and will sell cars. No car makes sense financially. Riding the bus makes sense financially.

Cars make sense EMOTIONALLY. 230 is an emotional number (obviously, right?) and will sell cars.

]]> By: Loboc http://gm-volt.com/2009/08/13/gm-still-claims-volt-will-get-40-all-electric-miles-both-highway-and-city-but-under-what-conditions/#comment-136463 Loboc Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:42:56 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1795#comment-136463 As a stockholder (taxpayer), I would like GM to be *more* forthcoming with plans about spending my money!! As a stockholder, I also want GM to hype the hell out of every product and get some sales numbers! When people go into a dealer asking about 230 or Volt or anything else, they will be in the grips of my sales force. Muahahahaha. As a stockholder (taxpayer), I would like GM to be *more* forthcoming with plans about spending my money!! As a stockholder, I also want GM to hype the hell out of every product and get some sales numbers!

When people go into a dealer asking about 230 or Volt or anything else, they will be in the grips of my sales force. Muahahahaha.

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