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My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 18 | GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Concept Site » Blog Archive » BREAKING: First Lithium-ion Prototype Chevy Volt Running The Detroit News today reported an interview with GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz. Lutz verified for the first time publicly that a Chevy Volt prototype with an actual full-sized lithium ion battery is actually running. and Breaking rules not bad thing for Lutz The Volt, as we all know, is GM's green machine. The extended-range electric vehicle is being promised for delivery in 2010 and being road tested today. Spare yourself the late night spy photo stakeouts. The "Volt" is actually a late-model Chevy Malibu being used to test the powertrain. "We've got the first car running (with lithium-ion batteries) ... and what the guys get on 'sightings' is a picture of an old Malibu with black wheels and a very long extension cord," he said chuckling at the thought. |
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My Car: 2004 Prius Package: Pioneer #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | Wake me when actual detail is provided. I'm interested in operational information, not a vague test drive in ideal conditions. For example: Li-Ion chemistry has a fundamental shortcoming of not being able to accept much charge in below freezing temperatures. How exactly is that problem being addressed? . |
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My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | Wow !! How sutupid am i ? I look at a Malibu, and call it a Malibu. GM puts a different power plant in it? I still call it a Malibu. Who knew that a Malibu, with different drag coefficient issues, qualifies as a Volt. Heck, I'm surprised you can't call a Peterbuilt a Volt then. But like I said ... I must be way stupid. |
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My Car: 2005 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 6 | Quote:
It's just a prototype.. like how Honda would use an S2000 shell on its sports car prototype or Toyota used a Crown body as a disguise. | |
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My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #2 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | I found some of the comments under "BREAKING: First Lithium-ion Prototype Chevy Volt Running" too funny! Some really optimistic opinions on this thing hitting the ground running (and running right the first time!). ETA. Sorry, but I just found this one too funny! "GM will change the world. Economics, politics and ecology all will be changed for the better. Not since Armstrong landed on the moon was there such a momentous occasion. This technological leap will spring us forward in directions we have not yet imagined.Other industries will benefit by making electrics available to everyone. Solar and wind will be funded in ways not seen in the past. Big oil is grabbing desperately for every penny they can get.But, like big tobacco they are fighting lawsuits about excessive profits. And, like big tobacco, they are losing. All that money they are grabbing is slipping from their fingers.GO GM." Last edited by kmstampe; 04-28-2008 at 07:42 PM. |
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My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | Quote:
Some folks seem to be using the term "Li-Ion" for any lithium battery. But the LiFePO4 is a very different chemistry from the laptop batteries we normally call "Li-Ion," and I thought GM was using LiFePO4. (LiFePO4 has slightly less energy density than Li-Ion, but is much more stable, is not subject to thermal run-away, and can operate at much higher temperatures.)
__________________ Daniel ---------------------- Primary car: Zap Xebra SD: 100% electric car. 1.9 cents per mile, using electrons generated from water power. (The Prius is my gas guzzler, used when I have to travel farther than 35 miles in a day.) "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." -- Emma Goldman "Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think long and hard before starting a war." -- Otto von Bismarck | |
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My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #6 Touring Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | Quote:
I would love to be proven wrong.... | |
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My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | I fear you are right. However, as more and more EVs come out from minor companies, GM is going to look mighty foolish. |
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My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #6 Touring Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | Not necessarily from their perspective. They are in the process of moving to China. In 20 years, they will be out of the N.A. market. Probably change from a U.S. corp. to Hong Kong. |
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