I'll bet Microsoft has far more engineers than Apple. When's the last time people stood in line all night to get the latest version of Windows?

I posit that a battery can be built that provides a health indication in seconds.

The swap process includes checking the old battery against a standard. If subpar, the battery is rebuilt before...

If a Tesla charges both ways, there's no reason GM can't produce a bi- car.

The battery packs would have to be easily and quickly tested. Deficient batteries would be refurbished.

This is the rent-a-car model. Some cars are better than others but Hertz doesn't reissue...

The EVSE situation reminds me of the early days of ATMs. First, each bank's ATMs serviced that bank's customers. Next, there were some associations and some independent bank ATM networks. Finally,...

If Tesla comes up with a good anti-trust brief against dealer-only-sales state laws, GM could chip in on the legal fees.

The biggest threat to dealers is coming from Tesla.

However, a car that goes a long way before rising maintenance cost encourages a trade-in will definitely affect the dealer business model.

Our summers are a sunny 100+ degrees and I was worried about parking at work before they put in charging stations.

Following a suggestion in the owner's manual, I started using the Volt car...

Hi Henry:

I don't follow you. I called my old shop and 15-year old-servers are not having power supply problems. I thought the Volt power switching is done by relays they call contactors.
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It's great that GM sent someone out and even better that the information in the logs was not overwritten by the time he got there.

However, I think GM should publish a procedure for service techs...

What is that?

I agree that it's a copper thief.

We had two guys around here who climbed a high tension pole to get at the 12,000 volt line.

I don't think they understood why those lines use three foot...

There is a really convenient free public charger in a downtown municipal garage labeled "EV-Charge America". It is malfunctioning and the posted 888 number is disconnected. Their web site is up but...

@IchDochNicht:

You list is great, but the only way to move the Volt out of the niche in a way that seriously affects gasoline demand is to seriously drop the price. There will always be a market...

@Steverino:

Great news. Did the L2 chargers just show up one day or did you lobby for them?

It's easy the emphasize the extended range side of the Volt when you have no chance of going all EV....

From GM's viewpoint, a business case for longer range is people buying more EVs.

The purely economic case for EVs, let alone bigger batteries, is easy to argue both ways. If you aren't sold...

OK, there are two parameters that can affect this behavior - signal strength and polarization.

What equipment can measure this in the 500MHz range and where can I get access to it?

Lawyers at work. Instead of protecting the customer by telling us the safest way to use an extension cord, they protect themselves by just saying no.

I have a heavy gauge four foot extension cord with a built-in GFCI. That gets around non-GFCI outlets, especially outlets in an outdoor-rated box that can't take a flush-mounted GFCI.

I never had...

Thinking back to my ham radio days, antennas could be polarized vertically, horizontally, or circularly.

Could this be part of the problem?