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Build Your Own Plug-in Electric Car

April 11th, 2007 | Posted in: Battery, Electric Motor, Environment with 46 Comments

Sure, wed all like to drive off in an all-new, dealership-supported, warrantied, and well-made GM Volt. But there are folks who dont want to wait until 2010. Indeed the do-it-yourself movement is rapidly underway. As we’ve discussed previously there are a variety of ways to “grow your own” electric car.
There are several [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 46 Comments

E85, Corn, and The Volt

March 31st, 2007 | Posted in: Electric Motor, Environment with 2 Comments

We talk a lot about the electric engine, plugin capability, and lithium batteries when we discuss the Volt. It is time we discussed another very important aspect of the vehicle, the fact that the combustion engine can run on E85.
E85 is a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, not the other way around!
Due [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 2 Comments

The Electric Engine..and questions

January 12th, 2007 | Posted in: Electric Motor with 5 Comments

The Volt is powered totally by an electric engine..thats right its not an internal combustion engine. The system is an electric drive unit consisting of a 120 kW electric motor that turns the drivetrain with 161 hp. This can generate decent speed, with a 0 to 60 of 8.5 seconds, current Prius is [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 5 Comments

The Revolution Has Begun!

January 12th, 2007 | Posted in: Electric Motor, Engineering, Public Opinion with 6 Comments

On January 7th, General Motors introduced the Volt concept car to the world. This is the first vehicle of a new generations of hybrid car with promises for gas-free driving up to 40 miles, and fuel economies up to 150 mpg for longer drives.
Now that were coming close to peak oil and global warming [...]