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Single motor between the engine and the trans like a lot of the German hybrids. Not sure it's going to rock the PriusChat crowd.
Minivan? This is one of those Japanese micro vans. And the system is basically a BAS - which everyone here pretty much hates.
"288 battery cells power the engine" Huh? Only gasoline powers the engine. The 288 battery cells do however power the electic motors . . .
I meant the FWD 2-mode which became the basis for the Volt. The FWD has nothing in common with the RWD 2-mode used in the trucks - so there is no...
It's all about Greenhouse Gas credits. Not dollars and sense.
There is no conspiracy to fail. Volt is 1st generation technology for GM. It's expensive and perhaps even more so than they orgininally hoped....
Tsunami in Japan killed any real plan to make 25k in 2011. It was wishful thinking no matter what, but delaying the nationwide roll-out due to...
Sonic and Spark are not the same platform. Sonic is indeed ICE, but Spark has been shown around for a couple of years now as ICE and only recently...
I think that is the case. I am aware of at least one manufacturer that is scaling back a hybrid program after rule making did not go the way they...
"Unintended acceleration" was bigger because it was blamed for accidents, injuries an deaths. Post-test Volt fire only used up some oxygen.
Because it was planned for Saturn and Saturn went away. A variant was going to be used in the Cadillac SRX PHEV, but volume was so low it...
So all 2-modes are alike? Are all step gear automatic transmissions alike too? Of course not. Not a single part in the RWD 2-mode drive unit...
I think it is well known that hydrogen is currently not an efficient source of energy. Maybe someday it will be. But wasn't hydrogen's claim to...
Nonsense. The Volt was developed before the "bailout". Taxpayer money did not develop this car.
Ugh. I hate it when the facts are so wrong. The Vue 2-mode had nothing in common with the RWD Truck 2-mode. It was a completely different...
from: Audi revs up 20 A1 e-trons for Munich test fleet The Audi A1 e-tron is an electric car with a range extender. Its output of 75 kW (102...
The rare earth issue is with the electric motor magnets rather than the batteries.
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You are confusing consumer behavior with producer behavior. Producers can't/won't live with the same cost risks that consumers will tolerate.
Manufacturers are already looking to decontent REMs from their motors. The market cost per kg of REMs so far this year has been up more than 5x...
