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I know, but I'm lazy. Adding it up seemed like too much work. :)
Coal presumably has some cost associated w/mining and transportation too but I can't find it. I did see a reference claiming ~2.5lbs but (dammit)...
Re: electric consumption. It's pretty safe to use the 36 kWh/100mi EPA standard IMHO. I've seen from 30-35kWh/100mi based on my Kill-A-Watt. At...
Maybe he just wanted the Volt. Is that OK? I see you put aftermarket rims and tires on your Prius despite knowing you would lose a few MPG,...
That's what marketing was saying but not what was happening behind the scenes. Whether they were ignorant, deliberately deceiving their...
GM had load sharing Volt powertrains in testing in 2007, the same year the concept debuted. How much earlier could they have gone? They didn't...
And yet, I'm sure if I page back on this thread, I can find a million posts lambasting GM for developing a solution to avoid all those loses....
Depending on the exact situation it can connect in the ICE as low as 40mph. It does whatever is more efficient. If you have the patience, Pamela...
Yeah, um, I realize that HowStuffWorks.com is normally the authoritative source on all things (ahem), but much of that is simply wrong. Opens...
I did 42.2 today. :) 1 mile left when I got home. Am I duty-bound to post the picture, obtained with much abuse from my wife, on gm-volt?...
The Volt ICE uses EGR. It's been common since the 1970s. You are not fully understanding the purpose of EGR. EGR is not related to start-up....
T(sec)=0, temp = 86F (first really warm spring day). At T=85.0, temp=150F. At T=85.9, I was stuck behind slow moving traffic and the engine...
I can't understand that either. Excepting the Smarts, it's essentially a proxy for weight. I expect both the Tesla S and Karma to come in worse...
Not true. The smart fourtwo coupe/convertible are EPA rated at 39kwh/100miles vs 36 for the Volt, despite the Volt weighing ~1600lbs more. The...
You're conflating cat warm up (which is what the engineer mentioned was an issue because the Volt starts/stops more than the other cars during the...
Correct. The Volt still starts/stops more than those cars. The cold cat plus a bit of fuel for starting and wall film compensation (I have no...
That's not true. The car will go 101mph on battery power. The ICE does not start until the batter is depleted.
If I understand you correctly, you have a big problem with the GM Marketing machine. What were you expecting that they didn't deliver? Honestly,...
The trouble the Volt encounters in the test is that it shuts down its engine more than any of those cars. It's tough to keep the cat hot with the...
It seems to be a common problem with very aerodynamic cars. They don't test windows down in the tunnel, apparently. I guess it's hard to put the...
