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Posted by Reality (more from Reality) on Tue, 6 Mar 2012 04:33:11
In Reply to: Cleaver come back, No Snaab, Mon, 5 Mar 2012 10:49:03
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In response to the officious oafish undertone in your post, it would be even dumber for GM than it already is under government tutelage if Volt actually "always runs on electricity and the gas engine is a generator only." Energy conversion is not cheap. Charging battery then discharging it involve two sets of electro-chemical energy conversions. Driving the wheels mechanically while the ICE is on is much more energy efficient, even if it upsets the ideologues too clueless to understand basic thermodynamics. As much as the wannabe statists think they write "laws," Mother Nature's Laws regarding basic physics is not to be trifled.
The high cost of Volt comes from the big Lithium-Ion battery, and the fact that GM has a higher cost of production than Toyota for just about anything of comparable quality (and the word "comparable" is being used very loosely) thanks to union labor cost.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Volt bashers win!, John Myers, Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:58:41
- The public does not yet want (many) electric cars, MI-Roger , Mon, 5 Mar 2012 03:31:21
- Maybe GM can sell their 7% stake in Peugeot-Citroen, MI-Roger , Sun, 4 Mar 2012 08:25:13
- I don't get your glee about this, Noel, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 15:06:20
- Why?, Cary, Sat, 3 Mar 2012 13:29:40
- Re: Volt bashers win!, DER, Fri, 2 Mar 2012 21:39:38
- Re: Volt bashers win!, k, Fri, 2 Mar 2012 16:53:36
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