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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

CO2 Emissions

January 19th, 2007 | Posted in: Environment, Fuel with 6 Comments

OK Heres the rundown.
Total US CO2 annual emissions: 6 billion metric tons
Electric Generation: 2 billion tons
Commercial Transport: 1.7 billion tons
Reidential Use: 1 billion tons
Commercial Use: 1 billion tons
Residental Autos: 0 .3 billion tons
These data raise two problems:
1. If everyone in U.S. changed to drive a Volt, the 0.3 billion tons might just be shifted [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 6 Comments

Electric Grid

January 15th, 2007 | Posted in: Environment with No Comments

I found a nice post about the Dept of Energies concerns and beliefs about the ability of the grid to handle electric cars.
Check it out here:
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Posted by: Lyle with No Comments

Greenhouse Gas Emissions (CO2)

January 15th, 2007 | Posted in: Environment with 4 Comments

One hypothesis is that widespread use and adoption of this vehicle will lead to a decrease in CO2 emission and help the global warming problem.  This could occur from a decrease in the use of gasoline assuming the assumption that most drives are less than 40 miles.
The next step in this theory is to determine [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 4 Comments
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