Another spin from the folks back East. Seems GM is making a "New" hybrid system. Reading between the lines, that means GM will make a "better" system. That implies the "not New" stuff is worse. But thay aint gona come out and say that.
The Detroit News Online
Of course, the good folks of Detroit news just cant stomach calling GM the SECOND largest auto manufacturer ... or the largest, but only if you are talking about the (corporate) U.S.A. ... so they use last years sales, and still call 'em the largest, when they're not ... when in fact Toyota's likely pullng away from 2nd place GM. This pic is suposed to be of the Saturn "Flextream" ... one of the possible recipients of the batteries. I wonder if the "Flextream", like its non-existent cousin, the Volt, have even been wind tested ... or if its result mirror that of the Volt's (akin to a parachute)
In any event, the Detroit article fails to mention that Toyota already has Prius test mules running around with Lithium-ion batteries. They DO state that the batteiris WILL be better than those of the Prius, which use nickel metal hydride. Kind of a funny slant, eh? They don't mention how powerful the nickel metal hydride's were though, that GM's EV1 had, though, in comparison ... you know, the batteries that propelled the car appx 120 miles (wink)
Sez "This" will build on GM's existing hybrids. That shouldn't take much effort. Ok, I'll stop.
Detroit News Flash. GM to Make New Hybrid
Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by hill, Mar 4, 2008.
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