At the VOLT expo, where supposedly GM was "coming clean" about the VOLT, GM succeeded in pulling the wool over the eyes of the press, some of whom came away...
The thing is, Toyota is now the worldwide sales leader, dominating all markets with control of the NiMH battery technology, the dominating hybrid, extremely...
GM's Rick "rickety" Wagoner brings his horse-and-horsepuckey show to San Francisco May 1, to spread more bittersweet lies and disinformation. If it's a GM...
There still is the remnant of a GM fan club (!!) of fanatical (former) EV1 once-pro-GM drivers: http://EV1-club.power.net Can you imagine anyone STUPID enough...
Why did GM do it?! Why did toyota stop making rav4 EV?! I'm really considering a vectrix and some solar panels (around $12,000). ... From: doug korthof...
When I first heard about the concept behind the Volt, my first reaction was "Finally, they figured out a simple thing!". What I mean by simple is that...
I agree, what do you think of this? http://www.rmartinbikes.com/evd ... From: imtrekd <imtrekd@...> To: Chevy-Volt@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 23,...
I have to disagree the concept is good. The batteries are even better. The new A123 batteries are outstanding. They are the real deal. I know of several...
Can you cite the examples of A123 vatteries used in "...FULL SIZED PURE EVS..."? (emphasis added) The issue is not whether they work, the issue is how long...
1, ... From: theoldcars@... <theoldcars@...> Subject: Re: [Chevy-Volt] Re: Missed the mark To: Chevy-Volt@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, July 11, 2008,...
These are all very impressive and wonderful.  But the claim is that no EV has driven more than 50K miles on Lithium without significant battery degradation....
Stephen may be getting close to 50K. His Solectria has been on the road for three years. He has several EVs so he may not be racking up the miles. Only his...
My prediction: GM will lease the batteries, so you can't extract them, sell them and replace them with lead-acid; the batteries will be protected by the engine...
The leasing of the battery pack is possible. Starting up the generator would be totally unnecessary. A pack of A123 batteries that has 40 miles range would be...
I don't disagree with the batteries, but my point is to forget the batteries for now and bring the car to market faster at a much cheaper price, get people...
Here is the problem People feel if they can afford to pay for it they have a right to burn up energy as fast as they would like. They have no idea how much...
Very true. I remember seeing an old instructional videos on fast starts and hard stops, the video or film was from the 50's and yet, people are still being...
GM has no intention of releasing large numbers of VOLT. It's all a PR ploy. GM has stated to NHTSB that the VOLT won't be produced in more than tiny number...
Well if that is the case we could be seeing these new fueling stations coming to America. _http://www.nozzlerage.com_ (http://www.nozzlerage.com) Don In a...
FROM BUSINESS WEEK Casting more doubt on GM's ostensible reason for killing the EV1, which was also hand-built, a potential "cachet" and niche car. The VIPER,...
From the Michigan Messenger, on the vagaries of GM politics and PR bluster: Back in July, when John McCain visited the GM Technical Center in Warren, Mich., he...
Low gas prices, big sales for gas guzzlers. "...The nightmare...is that consumers won't desire the fuel-efficient cars [automakers] plan to build..." ... ...
sad face :( ________________________________ From: doug korthof <live_oil_free@...> To: Chevy-Volt@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 2, 2008 9:25:09...
In 1994, GM, clearly conflicted over being forced to build the EV1, purchased control of the NiMH batteries and proceeded to suppress them because of...
The original EV-1 was equipped with a regular Delco lead acid battery. As anyone who has replaced starter batteries knows, they come in various levels of...
There was nothing wrong with the Panasonic lead acid battery used in the EV1. It was made by PSB with the model number EV-EC-1260. It is also arguably the best...
The VOLT would be a good design; but IMO GM has no intention of producing it. Sure, the Prius is handicapped by its bass-ackward inclusion of the engine into...
Environmental groups is what is wrong with Lead-acid batteries. They don't understand that the lead acids are recyclable and thus reusable. I'm pointing out...