About your comment over 12 months ago. The Chevrolet Volt has now been released to the public. I have yet to test drive one but so far reviews have been a positive one.
This would be great for me in highschool when i get my license. Just a short drive to the school from my house, and there will hopefully be used ones available when i get my license :D
You are correct. It is expensive. It is really a concept car and the lower cost models are going into production soon. The Volt looks pretty good but it is not in the show rooms yet. I really like the idea of eliminating gas completely. Many people don't have to drive more than 250 miles very often so this works for most.
I like this car. Nice concept. It was a concept car in 1969 in I believe a GM ad in Hot rod magazine. Only difference was that it had a hydrogen engine to charge the batteries. I am glad it finally has arrived!
I agree it is an excellent idea - It was a concept in the 60s as I have an ad GM put in a magazine back then. It was the same concept. I will buy one but I should have been able to in the 80s. Thanks-
Voltec is expected to use 8 kwh electric energy while driving. Under optimal conditions 40 miles AER is achievable at 200 wh/mile consumption. Since batteries are not 100 % efficient (80-90), another 1.5 kwh will be required to fully recharge. The T-pack has 16 kwh onboard, only half is ever tapped to reduce battery strain and improve battery life. Cost of recharging is a function of cost per Kilowatt-hr. Expect a recharge at $0.90 - $1.80.
The fdny has a fireboat that was built in 1936 It is a diesel electric. Diesel charges batterys electric motors run the drive! The electric motors are original and still run great. This is old tech. That works! Man is the engine room cool! Westinghouse and ge stamped all over the place! Made in ny!
if they mix the engineers for the volt with the ones from ford who designed the escape hybrid, they could really go somewhere higher than this, but all around it looks like a good idea
The Volt can go 40 miles on 8 kWh of elec. Most of us won't use all 8 kWh very often, so the gas usage will be nominal. This car is designed for the 80% of drivers that average 10-15,000 miles per year. At 14,000 miles yr, you'd use something like 2600 kWh a year, or $260 yr for electricity. Most will use about 2 gallons a month. The elec is about 31 * 7.1 kWh * .10 cents a kWh = about $22 in electricity, and if you add the 2 gallons of gas, your monthly fuel bill just dropped significantly.
The Concept that Chevrolet applied to the Volt is an excellent idea. This is an electric car with a gasoline engine to replenish the battery. Meaning you can travel far without worry. The Tesla Roadster is an excellent car, but its range can not take you from San Francisco to Los Angeles. And it will be less reliable when driving out of town. Tesla makes excellent pure electric cars however. But the Chevy Volt will be a seller.
@MoAoX I agree. I have a 1990 Chevy Lumina and currently I have 283, 000 miles on the car. It has helped using a by-pass oil filter and a full flow filter along with using Amsoil but still how many times you hear people bad mouth American cars and yet I have a Chevy that is nearly 20 years old and has almost 300,000 miles on it.
@TranCendenZ That price will come down just like all new products start up with a higher price and then the price comes down over time. Just think you could drive without using any gas with the Volt. The Prius is still a primary gas car with an electric back up whereas the Volt is a primary electric car with a gas generator as a back up. This concept has been working for over 50 years now with the Rail companies using diesel electric engines.
The Tesla Roadster is very expensive and you will have to stop and recharge after 250 miles. Meanwhile the volt will still be traveling as far as you want to go on minimal gas use to generate the electricity.
Its actually not a gas engine, more like a gas generator. Power comes from the electric motors at all times. All the generator does is keep the battery from dieing.
Something i realized while watching this video and i've never heard anything about this subject, but, how much electricity/energy is this actually pulling out of your socket at home? Is this going to spike up your energy bill every month?
they should put a small gas turbine engine in it to recharge the batteries and supply enough power to keep the car moving simultaneously. ... think of the possibillities with this drivetrain!
True but the Tesla roadster is not for everyone- It is a performance vehicle proving this is possible with a completely electric vehicle. The Tesla Model S is is the commuter car - 300 mile range per charge and 45 minute Quick Charge - 0-60 mph in 5.6 seconds - Seats 7 people. It is in the 50K range.
40k yes, but about 7500 in tax credits, considering the price of some other mid size sedans 32k is in the ballpark for some. Cheap, no, but unique/special interest yes!
230 Miles Per Gallon/City Driving!!! Only bad thing is that its costs 40,000 to buy. If 10 percent of American's bought this car it would be like taking 80 percent of all cars in the us off the road. That would make a massive dent in greenhouse gases, and end the addiction to oil. Only if GM was still a public traded company... I would be in big. Ford went from 1 to 8.50 in 6 months!!! This is going to be a renaissance for American car companies.
@jrrydha IMO, this could not have been done "a long time ago". You may be underestimating how much better batteries have gotten and how much microprocessor "intelligence" is needed to make this car and its on board charging system function seamlessly.
@YourPowerStation at est $41k the Chevy Volt isn't exactly affordable either. :\ "Gas-powered electric" is a creative, albeit funny-sounding workaround for GM.
The original Chevy Volt did not need to be plugged in. The original Chevy Volt had 2 sets of batteries and the car ran on 1 set of batteries and there was tiny gasoline engine that would start up and charge up the Battery that was running low and an automatic switch would switch over to the freshly charged batteries and the tiny gasoline engine would spin a generator and it would charge up the dead batteries while the car ran on the fresh batteries. And once the batteries were charged up ,the gasoline engine would turn off. Then after a hundred or so miles the batteries would go dead and the tiny gasoline engine would automatically start up again and charge up the dead batteries and an automatic switch would switch over to the freshly charged batteries. No plug in at home. By the way the gasoline tank was only 5 gallons I think. Maybe less. Pop Warner out
@YourPowerStation It seems to only be 16000$ more expensive than the Chevy Volt.. The Tesla so much better looking and so much more powerful and is a pure electric car that can travel far :)
The Tesla Roadster is completely electric and goes 250 miles on a charge and 3.9 second from 0-60 . Too bad the volt is so behind technologically. It isn't even starting production until November 2010.
Like kvlai said. Diesel locomotives have been using this technology for decades. So why are are the automotive companies just adopting this technology?
It is exactly like the "diesel electric locomotive" and its not supprising. You know; those diesel/electric trains in the 60's mostly in Britain & other Common Wealth countries. How come it took so long for this technology to travel from the train to the automobile. Thats the "odd" question? Please comment
yeah i agree gm needs to quit their crap and get down to bussiness they had a perfectly good electric vehicle that worked great back in the late 1990's but decided they werent going to sell it just lease it only to try to make a point that an electric vehicle was not possible to mass produce yet but what they didnt count on was toyota making an electric vehicle using the same technology and was successfull and fully functioning contradicting gm's statement that the technology wasnt availableyet
The average Commute is 30 miles per-day; your car only requires 30 HP Diesel to complete this commute! This would provide 150 MPG. ... see youtube: Who killed the Electric Car ... Beam me up Scotty
Like I said .. it will be copied. A popular major in Japanese colleges is patent searching. The cost of the initial Volts will be $40K less $7500 tax credit. GM makes the BUICK brand rated as the most reliable brand for the last three years (JDPOWERS) unlike Nissan which has never been close. And by the way ...unlike the Prius in the US .. Japan will keep the Volt out of Japan just like they do will all our products.
Wrong... a Chevy Cobalt costs over $45,000 in Japan... that's what I call keeping American products out... the Japanese don't buy our cars because the Japanese government puts a tariff of over $20,000 on each one... how many Hondas would sell in the US if they cost $20,000 more... they don't just do that to American cars either.. the total of all imported cars in Japan is about 1% ... and Harleys cost twice as much in Japan also after tariffs.
This is the best technology to date... the VOLT technology will be copied ... we will be seeing more electrics. I'm hoping that hydrogen fuel cell electrics are not far away...
The Tesla Model S will start at 49900.00 but the price will come down as it is massed produced. Just like when the calculator came out in the early 1970's and went for 400.00. Now you can buy them for a buck at a flea market. Think forward, not backwards. Tesla is still a better car than the VOLT anyway you look at it.
so get a more expensive car with limited availability that wont be out for a few more years and cant be used like a normal car after the batteries burn out?
so its basically going to increase my electirc bill! either how is it 230mpg that they are claiming.. basically what they are proposing u generaly dont drive more than 40miles to and back from office. so you wouldnt be using the gas... overall on one fine day when u need gas u will be wowed by 230mpg car... what a dumb technology... better by a hybrid and run around the country.
its a stupid car .... and its usles ...45 m/h ? damn thats fast =))) ! honda kicks the hell out of this shety volt crap .... and it doesnt have 2 charge ... its better styled its all ready on sale ... its economical it practical . its faster and fun 2 drive ! american cars dont know what economical means :)) only v8 !
@22reTOYOTA Have to walk before you can run bubba. Ever herd of a solar power charger ? As the grow in tech electric cars become more & more viable & your rhetoric & doubt less & less sensible.
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About your comment over 12 months ago. The Chevrolet Volt has now been released to the public. I have yet to test drive one but so far reviews have been a positive one.
How the heck did this not make production. The led tailights, led headlights, the hidden automated charge port.... damn.
This would be great for me in highschool when i get my license.
Just a short drive to the school from my house, and there will hopefully be used ones available when i get my license :D
You are correct. It is expensive. It is really a concept car and the lower cost models are going into production soon. The Volt looks pretty good but it is not in the show rooms yet. I really like the idea of eliminating gas completely. Many people don't have to drive more than 250 miles very often so this works for most.
I like this car. Nice concept. It was a concept car in 1969 in I believe a GM ad in Hot rod magazine. Only difference was that it had a hydrogen engine to charge the batteries. I am glad it finally has arrived!
I agree it is an excellent idea - It was a concept in the 60s as I have an ad GM put in a magazine back then. It was the same concept. I will buy one but I should have been able to in the 80s. Thanks-
You're correct. The speed just shows people that it is not a golf cart but a real car.
dude this car looks good !
but the Volt is the best car available today besides the Model S. Volt is amazing
Voltec is expected to use 8 kwh electric energy while driving. Under optimal conditions 40 miles AER is achievable at 200 wh/mile consumption. Since batteries are not 100 % efficient (80-90), another 1.5 kwh will be required to fully recharge. The T-pack has 16 kwh onboard, only half is ever tapped to reduce battery strain and improve battery life. Cost of recharging is a function of cost per Kilowatt-hr. Expect a recharge at $0.90 - $1.80.
The fdny has a fireboat that was built in 1936 It is a diesel electric. Diesel charges batterys electric motors run the drive! The electric motors are original and still run great. This is old tech. That works! Man is the engine room cool! Westinghouse and ge stamped all over the place! Made in ny!
Good video, Kelly!
that things actually a real big car, lookit that thing, it awesome
if they mix the engineers for the volt with the ones from ford who designed the escape hybrid, they could really go somewhere higher than this, but all around it looks like a good idea
The Volt can go 40 miles on 8 kWh of elec. Most of us won't use all 8 kWh very often, so the gas usage will be nominal. This car is designed for the 80% of drivers that average 10-15,000 miles per year. At 14,000 miles yr, you'd use something like 2600 kWh a year, or $260 yr for electricity. Most will use about 2 gallons a month. The elec is about 31 * 7.1 kWh * .10 cents a kWh = about $22 in electricity, and if you add the 2 gallons of gas, your monthly fuel bill just dropped significantly.
The Concept that Chevrolet applied to the Volt is an excellent idea. This is an electric car with a gasoline engine to replenish the battery. Meaning you can travel far without worry. The Tesla Roadster is an excellent car, but its range can not take you from San Francisco to Los Angeles. And it will be less reliable when driving out of town. Tesla makes excellent pure electric cars however. But the Chevy Volt will be a seller.
@MoAoX I agree. I have a 1990 Chevy Lumina and currently I have 283, 000 miles on the car. It has helped using a by-pass oil filter and a full flow filter along with using Amsoil but still how many times you hear people bad mouth American cars and yet I have a Chevy that is nearly 20 years old and has almost 300,000 miles on it.
@TranCendenZ That price will come down just like all new products start up with a higher price and then the price comes down over time. Just think you could drive without using any gas with the Volt. The Prius is still a primary gas car with an electric back up whereas the Volt is a primary electric car with a gas generator as a back up. This concept has been working for over 50 years now with the Rail companies using diesel electric engines.
I would have died if that guy fell when he went to get into the car over the electrical chord
The Tesla Roadster is very expensive and you will have to stop and recharge after 250 miles. Meanwhile the volt will still be traveling as far as you want to go on minimal gas use to generate the electricity.
The concept design looked way sexier.
Its actually not a gas engine, more like a gas generator. Power comes from the electric motors at all times. All the generator does is keep the battery from dieing.
Something i realized while watching this video and i've never heard anything about this subject, but, how much electricity/energy is this actually pulling out of your socket at home? Is this going to spike up your energy bill every month?
they should put a small gas turbine engine in it to recharge the batteries and supply enough power to keep the car moving simultaneously. ... think of the possibillities with this drivetrain!
True but the Tesla roadster is not for everyone- It is a performance vehicle proving this is possible with a completely electric vehicle. The Tesla Model S is is the commuter car - 300 mile range per charge and 45 minute Quick Charge
- 0-60 mph in 5.6 seconds
- Seats 7 people. It is in the 50K range.
40k yes, but about 7500 in tax credits, considering the price of some other mid size sedans 32k is in the ballpark for some. Cheap, no, but unique/special interest yes!
230 Miles Per Gallon/City Driving!!!
Only bad thing is that its costs 40,000 to buy.
If 10 percent of American's bought this car it would be like taking 80 percent of all cars in the us off the road. That would make a massive dent in greenhouse gases, and end the addiction to oil. Only if GM was still a public traded company... I would be in big. Ford went from 1 to 8.50 in 6 months!!! This is going to be a renaissance for American car companies.
@jrrydha IMO, this could not have been done "a long time ago". You may be underestimating how much better batteries have gotten and how much microprocessor "intelligence" is needed to make this car and its on board charging system function seamlessly.
@YourPowerStation at est $41k the Chevy Volt isn't exactly affordable either. :\
"Gas-powered electric" is a creative, albeit funny-sounding workaround for GM.
@yourwifecalledagain i know... but at least it takes up a little gas!
nice car
The original Chevy Volt did not need to be plugged in. The original Chevy Volt had 2 sets of batteries and the car ran on 1 set of batteries and there was tiny gasoline engine that would start up and charge up the Battery that was running low and an automatic switch would switch over to the freshly charged batteries and the tiny gasoline engine would spin a generator and it would charge up the dead batteries while the car ran on the fresh batteries. And once the batteries were charged up ,the gasoline engine would turn off. Then after a hundred or so miles the batteries would go dead and the tiny gasoline engine would automatically start up again and charge up the dead batteries and an automatic switch would switch over to the freshly charged batteries. No plug in at home. By the way the gasoline tank was only 5 gallons I think. Maybe less. Pop Warner out
@YourPowerStation It seems to only be 16000$ more expensive than the Chevy Volt.. The Tesla so much better looking and so much more powerful and is a pure electric car that can travel far :)
how would the air conditioning and heating working in this vehicle?
rightly commented
The Tesla Roadster is completely electric and goes 250 miles on a charge and 3.9 second from 0-60 . Too bad the volt is so behind technologically. It isn't even starting production until November 2010.
@etbarden Although generally speaking electric cars are faster than gasoline cars.
very true
Any chance you could post this vid with the correct aspect ratio?
@DrunkenMcWasted Thank you.
By definition anything which seats four people is at least "big"
if we'd used electric cars from the start im betting that by now we would have batteries that would last as much as a regular tank of gas
Like kvlai said. Diesel locomotives have been using this technology for decades. So why are are the automotive companies just adopting this technology?
It is exactly like the "diesel electric locomotive" and its not supprising. You know; those diesel/electric trains in the 60's mostly in Britain & other Common Wealth countries. How come it took so long for this technology to travel from the train to the automobile. Thats the "odd" question? Please comment
Is the Compact Disc obsolete?
for the same reason airplanes, missles, and submarines aren't square.
That would be about 2 to 4 cents a mile, lets see somebody get that kind of mileage out of a gas powered car.
an engine with 1 moving part, unreliable? and there build quality is getting much better, even the interior is nicer than a priuses
Compared to the person it's carrying around it's big. That's why I don't like cars, they block the roads up.
this could of been done a long time ago but "someone" decided to kill the electric car
"most families in this country have more than one vehicle" What country?
If the gas engine is never used, it will be a problem. Imagine your car parked one entire year.
I think Prius concept is better..
ok hmm? How can I use this car when I live in NYC, WhereTF im I going to plug it? hmm...?
its good only if it exist or its proven and its profitable
but none of the above
yeah i agree gm needs to quit their crap and get down to bussiness they had a perfectly good electric vehicle that worked great back in the late 1990's but decided they werent going to sell it just lease it only to try to make a point that an electric vehicle was not possible to mass produce yet but what they didnt count on was toyota making an electric vehicle using the same technology and was successfull and fully functioning contradicting gm's statement that the technology wasnt availableyet
The average Commute is 30 miles per-day; your car only requires 30 HP Diesel to complete this commute! This would provide 150 MPG.
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see youtube: Who killed the Electric Car
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Beam me up Scotty
otta my way electric motor, gas powered big block comming thru
this car seems slower than the prius.... hahaha!!!
so if you live in a city, like say New York City, and park on the street, then this car's not for you, eh? No place to charge it...
Why?
y is it called an electric vehicle?
batteries do not store electricity.
what is wrong with a small motor that the volt has to drive the car period
30 mpg with just the gas engine.
Like I said .. it will be copied. A popular major in Japanese colleges is patent searching. The cost of the initial Volts will be $40K less $7500 tax credit. GM makes the BUICK brand rated as the most reliable brand for the last three years (JDPOWERS) unlike Nissan which has never been close. And by the way ...unlike the Prius in the US .. Japan will keep the Volt out of Japan just like they do will all our products.
the volt has 150 hp
Wrong... a Chevy Cobalt costs over $45,000 in Japan... that's what I call keeping American products out... the Japanese don't buy our cars because the Japanese government puts a tariff of over $20,000 on each one... how many Hondas would sell in the US if they cost $20,000 more... they don't just do that to American cars either.. the total of all imported cars in Japan is about 1% ... and Harleys cost twice as much in Japan also after tariffs.
This is the best technology to date... the VOLT technology will be copied ... we will be seeing more electrics.
I'm hoping that hydrogen fuel cell electrics are not far away...
The Tesla Model S will start at 49900.00 but the price will come down as it is massed produced. Just like when the calculator came out in the early 1970's and went for 400.00. Now you can buy them for a buck at a flea market. Think forward, not backwards. Tesla is still a better car than the VOLT anyway you look at it.
so get a more expensive car with limited availability that wont be out for a few more years and cant be used like a normal car after the batteries burn out?
todavia no vi NI 1 SOLO VIDEO en el que testeen al maximo este auto ni siquiera un solo video de 0 a100. cuanto mierda levanta esta poronga?
so its basically going to increase my electirc bill! either how is it 230mpg that they are claiming.. basically what they are proposing u generaly dont drive more than 40miles to and back from office. so you wouldnt be using the gas... overall on one fine day when u need gas u will be wowed by 230mpg car... what a dumb technology... better by a hybrid and run around the country.
its not huge.
its a stupid car .... and its usles ...45 m/h ? damn thats fast =))) ! honda kicks the hell out of this shety volt crap .... and it doesnt have 2 charge ... its better styled its all ready on sale ... its economical it practical . its faster and fun 2 drive ! american cars dont know what economical means :)) only v8 !
you OBVIOUSLY are not very educated about how a car works.
@22reTOYOTA Have to walk before you can run bubba. Ever herd of a solar power charger ? As the grow in tech electric cars become more & more viable & your rhetoric & doubt less & less sensible.
wut an ugly longg car