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General Motors' CEO says a small battery company backed by the automaker is working on breakthrough technology that could power an electric car 100 or even 200 miles (160 or even 320 kilometers) on a single charge.
GM may have electric car breakthrough
August 9, 2012 by TOM KRISHER
GM may have electric car breakthrough
August 9, 2012 by TOM KRISHER
General Motors' CEO says a small battery company backed by the automaker is working on breakthrough technology that could power an electric car 100 or even 200 miles (160 or even 320 kilometers) on a single charge.
GM may have electric car breakthrough
100 miles isn't that big of a advancement unless it can be recharged within 30 minutes...On the other hand 200 miles would be.
GM may have electric car breakthrough
August 9, 2012 by TOM KRISHER
General Motors' CEO says a small battery company backed by the automaker is working on breakthrough technology that could power an electric car 100 or even 200 miles (160 or even 320 kilometers) on a single charge.
GM may have electric car breakthrough
100 miles isn't that big of a advancement unless it can be recharged within 30 minutes...On the other hand 200 miles would be.
It's still not economical. Are you supposed to go out and rent a car every time you travel further than that, like on a family vacation?
If, and it's a big if, that GM has a breakthrough, current Volt buyers will be pissed (but thatz okay, cuz there isn't many of them).
Volt buyers are stupid.
They could have saved a helluva alot more 'bread' by buying a primo bicycle for their urban commutes.
The model T ford was a bag of crap.
It had limited range, was slow and needed quite a lot of work to keep the thing on the road.
Fuel, although several types were usable, wasn't always easy to get.
People bought the thing by the millions.
To the posters who knock new technology as imperfect.
Get a life just after you turn your brains on.
The model T ford was a bag of crap.
It had limited range, was slow and needed quite a lot of work to keep the thing on the road.
Fuel, although several types were usable, wasn't always easy to get.
People bought the thing by the millions.
To the posters who knock new technology as imperfect.
Get a life just after you turn your brains on.
You should turn yours on instead of regurgitate what the DNC feeds you. Do you know why so many people bought Model-T's?
Obviously you don't so let me help you:
It was the first car that was affordable to to general population.
The Volt is not afforable to the general population.
The model T ford was a bag of crap.
It had limited range, was slow and needed quite a lot of work to keep the thing on the road.
Fuel, although several types were usable, wasn't always easy to get.
People bought the thing by the millions.
To the posters who knock new technology as imperfect.
Get a life just after you turn your brains on.
You should turn yours on instead of regurgitate what the DNC feeds you. Do you know why so many people bought Model-T's?
Obviously you don't so let me help you:
It was the first car that was affordable to to general population.
The Volt is not afforable to the general population.
I did know why.
However, the same idea holds true.
Imperfect technology improves. If everyone waits for the improved version, it'll never happen.
Think positive - your life works out better than if you're a moaning old pillock.
Read more at: GM may have electric car breakthrough (Update)Speaking at an employee meeting, CEO Dan Akerson said the company, Newark, California-based Envia Systems, has made a huge breakthrough in the amount of energy a lithium-ion battery can hold. GM is sure that the battery will be able to take a car 100 miles (160 kilometers) within a couple of years, he said. It could be double that with some luck, he said. "I think we've got better than a 50-50 chance," Akerson said, "to develop a car that will go to 200 miles on a charge," he said. "That would be a game changer." GM's current electric car, the Chevrolet Volt, goes about 35 miles on a charge and has a small gas motor that generates power to keep the car going after that. Few competitors have electric cars with more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) of range. Tesla Motors' Model S can go up to 300 miles (480 kilometers), but it has a much larger battery and can cost more than twice as much as a Volt. Nissan's Leaf and Ford's Focus electric cars both claim ranges of around 100 miles (120 kilometers), but that can vary with temperature, terrain and speed. Envia said earlier this year that its next-generation rechargeable lithium-ion cell hit a record high for energy density. The company said the new battery could slash the price of electric vehicles by cutting the battery cost in half. GM Ventures LLC, the automaker's investment arm, put $7 million into Envia in January of 2011.
Thinking positive isn't going to bring the Volt down to something affordable.
The Volt is not afforable to the general population.
You should turn yours on instead of regurgitate what the DNC feeds you. Do you know why so many people bought Model-T's?
Obviously you don't so let me help you:
It was the first car that was affordable to to general population.
The Volt is not afforable to the general population.
I did know why.
However, the same idea holds true.
Imperfect technology improves. If everyone waits for the improved version, it'll never happen.
Think positive - your life works out better than if you're a moaning old pillock.
Thinking positive isn't going to bring the Volt down to something affordable.
The model T ford was a bag of crap.
It had limited range, was slow and needed quite a lot of work to keep the thing on the road.
Fuel, although several types were usable, wasn't always easy to get.
People bought the thing by the millions.
To the posters who knock new technology as imperfect.
Get a life just after you turn your brains on.
The model T ford was a bag of crap.
It had limited range, was slow and needed quite a lot of work to keep the thing on the road.
Fuel, although several types were usable, wasn't always easy to get.
People bought the thing by the millions.
To the posters who knock new technology as imperfect.
Get a life just after you turn your brains on.
You are aware that we had electric cars in the 1800s -- aren't you? And some of them probably had close to the range of a Chevy Volt.. New tech no.. But packaged a helluva lot more nicely...
I mock it from a BIG PICTURE point of view. Because SOMEONE has to care where all the additional electricity is gonna come from when you move transportation from oil to electric.
Especially when I'm supposed to buying squiggly bulbs, turning down my thermostat and watching the lights go out in the airport while I'm trying to read. We need to get real about the messages that are being sent. Having some folks feed their EVs and having Safeway keep their signs on all night -- whilst I freeze my buns off and grab 1W phone chargers out of the wall --- that's not even comical..
