I created a poll to see how much people are willing to pay for the plug-in technology. Click on the polls link on the left to respond to the poll. The result...
Jonathan, From the ChevyVolt group page follow the Polls link, or you can directly go to: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/chevyvolt/polls (you have to be ...
Before I compute how much I would spend for a Volt, I need to know how much it will likely cost to charge the battery after a 40 mile run. That cost better be...
Calcars.org says electricity costs 2.7 cents per mile (so 40 miles would cost $1.08 in electricity). Here's the quote from Calcars: "We say above that you can...
I am there with both feet. Jerry in Windows Woodhaven, Mi ... From: chevyvolt@yahoogroups.com [mailto:chevyvolt@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Bill Robbins Sent:...
... how much ... cost ... should ... for a ... I live in probably one of the highest electric rates in this country. We spend over 14 cents per KWH. I would...
BUSINESS WORLD By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. WALL STREET JOURNAL Detroit's Other Legacy Burden October 10, 2007; Page A20 If the restructuring of Detroit's costs...
During the Frankfurt Auto Show, I had the opportunity to sit down with Anthony Lo, design director for General Motors Europe Advanced. Anthony led the team...
from: http://tinyurl.com/25xuue FIVE THINGS About lithium October 15, 2007 BY ALEX CRUDEN/DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER It's the future in autos. But what is...
from: http://tinyurl.com/32gn7u Chevrolet Volt Update: It's "Still a Concept Car" Date posted: 10-16-2007 DETROIT — The thinking in some quarters was that...
Honda Won't Pursue Plug-in Hybrids By NORIHIKO SHIROUZU October 23, 2007 6:45 a.m. UTSUNOMIYA, Japan -- Honda Motor Co. Chief Executive Takeo Fukui said ...
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While Takeo Fukui's comments may be reasonable for the Japanese market I think it showes a complete lack of understanding of the US market. The number of...
from: http://tinyurl.com/2fd69s G.M.'s Electric Dream Awaits Reality By MARY M. CHAPMAN New York Times Published: October 24, 2007 AS car commercials go, the...
We all want to see the plug-in serial hybrid built; at first, I thought GM was serious about building it. After it seemed they were stonewalling, I got...
This car is smoke and mirrors. It is so ugly, they must have sub contracted it out to the smallest of the big three. When did they take out the HEMI? It looks...
Here's the Volt eight years ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:GMEV1serieshybrid.jpg They called it the EV1 Series hybrid back then. Look up the EV-1 in ...
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Oct 30, 2007 12:40 pm
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Phony or mistaken engineers maintain that the reason GM can't make the VOLT is that the battery pack would cycle many more times per day than a real EV, like...
I wanted to verify (with old data) that an internal combustion engine will run more effiently if operated at the optimum speed and not connected to rear wheels...
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100,000 Volts from Chevrolet? from: http://tinyurl.com/2938yz By Chuck Squatriglia October 31, 2007 | WIRED Blog Network: Batteries, Electric Vehicles,...
If GM produces 50,000 VOLTs, then why are the suing California to keep our air dirty? GM and Toyota are suing to stop implentation of AB1493, which requires a...
I was browsing the web site for ECD-Ovonics who, I believe, is the company that can license NiMH technology. I came across this: "In the automotive arena, NiMH...
... Production of NiMH batteries based on ECD's patents was never forbidden, but a license is required. They have a joint venture with Chevron called Cobasys...
After Chevron funded the bogus lawsuit against Toyota, the existing EV-95 battery line was shut down and the RAV4-EV production became impossible. Toyota was...
... The Prius has the gas engine embedded into the drive train, attached to the planetary gear. Toyota originally fixed the computer to preclude anyone adding ...