GM brought the Chevrolet Volt to the Edmunds.com Santa Monica office to give Edmunds’ employees a sneak peak at what GM is calling the production show car.
i think that will be from it’s electrical power source because i believe if it was off the internal combustion motor i think this will reduce efficiency on gas uses if it was hybrid but in the volt case i think their is no other way except electrical power source because this is the only source of power to keep every thing moving
BYD from China has a 5 passenger all electric car (E6) that will run 250 miles on a single charge. You can charge it up to 50% in less then 10 MINUTES!!! The Volt has a hard time with it’s 40 mile range… which takes for ever to charge. They are planning on selling the E6 in the US in 2011 for half the price of the Volt. I bet you everything GM is sweating electric bullets at this point.
#3 by 8ballbreakandrun on January 7, 2010 - 3:47 am
@East17A Don’t know about that, but you did bring up another point. Heat. Does the volts heater use heat off the internal combustion motor, or from it’s electrical power source?
i understand your concern who ever that person gives you a thumb down i don’t know why ? my question with Chevy here is always about reliability and i wonder how reliable they have mad their battery’s ?
considering the Harsh winter and all of use knew how bad battery’s obsessed with cold they don’t get along. and we don’t have a normal low temperature winter it is more than any living human or animal can take and way beyond that so did Chevy give enough test to these battery’s ? and by the way from what i have know this car will cost $40.000
@saved2play , It might have spare cells that activate when the pack gets older .. kind of like spare sectors on a hard drive.
But then again, I’d like to be able to use all the cells when the car is new! This whole thing is speculation that I have just come up in my head fyi..
Then [which is after 40 miles] the gas engine starts and directly provides electric power, like a generator to the electric motors that propel the vehicle. Its the best ‘hybrid’ design in my opinion.
Since it’s Li-Ion, I assume the total capacity will also decrease after a year or two’s worth of daily use, just like any laptop battery.
#12 by genestarwindjf80 on January 7, 2010 - 8:40 am
So let’s say this. What happens if your on the road with your Volt and you ran out of battery power, what happened then?
#13 by RichardEllisxyz on January 7, 2010 - 9:34 am
YES the “extension cord”…a proprietary device that Must be bought at a GM parts counter!
Assuming your car has enough electric charge to reach a GM dealership(Without gas recharge mode). This assumes the dealership has one in stock!!! ” Sorry we don’t have any in stock right now, but I can order one for you….Hows next Thursday sound?”
“If you pay up front….$136.99 I can have it rush shipped here by Monday?”
Haven’t you had an extension cord fail on you?
“OMFG WHAT IF THE CORD GETS RUN OVERR TOO MUCH OMGD!!!!”
Wow … seriously?
#15 by malevolentgrace on January 7, 2010 - 10:07 am
Test vehicles are not real vehicles. It’s like saying “Audi’s v10 R8 will never be one of the prototypes burnt to the ground!!!” Hey but who knows maybe not testing vehicles is cool. Like when Toyota doesn’t do rollover tests, then complains, because it was never mandatory, and thus unfair.
Unfortunatly the car business doesn’t just convert the price. 40.000$ will remain 40.000 Euro or more. Just compare prices from cars in the US to Europe …
#17 by MissVampireDiaries on January 7, 2010 - 10:43 am
i don’t think it’s going to be that cheap in Europe.. probably 40 euros there as well.
So how many times you can recharge the battery before it needs replacement???
#21 by RichardEllisxyz on January 7, 2010 - 2:00 pm
” A standard recepticle” …not quite, that is a proprietary plug built into the car…what happens when this ’special’ plug is lost or fails to function because the conductor inside breaks when it gets run over for the bazillionth time. You won’t be able to run down to Home Depot & get just any extension cord……because it takes a “special” plug!
Stupid thinking on GMs part….get to thinking Gm …almost got it, keep trying!
this car will never be just look up “GM Chevy Volt Fails” here on Youtube it couldn’t even go up a small hill without staling and then failing to restart all together.
Young man: “That means 60,000 isn’t very many vehicles…”
Bob Lutz: “No, I agree with you. I think its a conservative figure, but we need to let somebody screen some of our technology, and lets face it, the only ones who are going to be able to use it [ARE RICH]. ”
Young man: “Are you still thinking mid 30’s?”
Bob Lutz: “Naw, I think we’re figuring just below 40…”
Starting minute 3:46 in this YouTube video. Listen to him
youtube. com/watch?v=CfBZ0B2dAvA&featur e=related
At 40K Chevy won’t sell a single Volt in Europe. It should be under 25000 Euro to even get some attention of possible buyers ! (or at 30K or so including a package with a solor cell station to load the battery, so you would drive for free and have a REAL zero emission car)
#1 by East17A on January 7, 2010 - 2:20 am
i think that will be from it’s electrical power source because i believe if it was off the internal combustion motor i think this will reduce efficiency on gas uses if it was hybrid but in the volt case i think their is no other way except electrical power source because this is the only source of power to keep every thing moving
#2 by OneOfaKind949 on January 7, 2010 - 3:14 am
BYD from China has a 5 passenger all electric car (E6) that will run 250 miles on a single charge. You can charge it up to 50% in less then 10 MINUTES!!! The Volt has a hard time with it’s 40 mile range… which takes for ever to charge. They are planning on selling the E6 in the US in 2011 for half the price of the Volt. I bet you everything GM is sweating electric bullets at this point.
#3 by 8ballbreakandrun on January 7, 2010 - 3:47 am
@East17A Don’t know about that, but you did bring up another point. Heat. Does the volts heater use heat off the internal combustion motor, or from it’s electrical power source?
#4 by East17A on January 7, 2010 - 4:12 am
i understand your concern who ever that person gives you a thumb down i don’t know why ? my question with Chevy here is always about reliability and i wonder how reliable they have mad their battery’s ?
#5 by East17A on January 7, 2010 - 4:16 am
considering the Harsh winter and all of use knew how bad battery’s obsessed with cold they don’t get along. and we don’t have a normal low temperature winter it is more than any living human or animal can take and way beyond that so did Chevy give enough test to these battery’s ? and by the way from what i have know this car will cost $40.000
#6 by mooserman911 on January 7, 2010 - 4:49 am
you are retarded. that was a prototype. idoit. i rode in one a couple weeks ago and it had plenty of acceration and speed.
#7 by mooserman911 on January 7, 2010 - 5:05 am
the engine kicks in? duh
#8 by danwat1234 on January 7, 2010 - 5:58 am
@genestarwindjf80 …Then the onboard generator kicks in and charges the batteries.
#9 by danwat1234 on January 7, 2010 - 6:47 am
@saved2play , It might have spare cells that activate when the pack gets older .. kind of like spare sectors on a hard drive.
But then again, I’d like to be able to use all the cells when the car is new! This whole thing is speculation that I have just come up in my head fyi..
#10 by ct440ex on January 7, 2010 - 6:53 am
Then [which is after 40 miles] the gas engine starts and directly provides electric power, like a generator to the electric motors that propel the vehicle. Its the best ‘hybrid’ design in my opinion.
#11 by saved2play on January 7, 2010 - 7:52 am
Since it’s Li-Ion, I assume the total capacity will also decrease after a year or two’s worth of daily use, just like any laptop battery.
#12 by genestarwindjf80 on January 7, 2010 - 8:40 am
So let’s say this. What happens if your on the road with your Volt and you ran out of battery power, what happened then?
#13 by RichardEllisxyz on January 7, 2010 - 9:34 am
YES the “extension cord”…a proprietary device that Must be bought at a GM parts counter!
Assuming your car has enough electric charge to reach a GM dealership(Without gas recharge mode). This assumes the dealership has one in stock!!! ” Sorry we don’t have any in stock right now, but I can order one for you….Hows next Thursday sound?”
“If you pay up front….$136.99 I can have it rush shipped here by Monday?”
Haven’t you had an extension cord fail on you?
#14 by Tekkin23 on January 7, 2010 - 9:43 am
“OMFG WHAT IF THE CORD GETS RUN OVERR TOO MUCH OMGD!!!!”
Wow … seriously?
#15 by malevolentgrace on January 7, 2010 - 10:07 am
Test vehicles are not real vehicles. It’s like saying “Audi’s v10 R8 will never be one of the prototypes burnt to the ground!!!” Hey but who knows maybe not testing vehicles is cool. Like when Toyota doesn’t do rollover tests, then complains, because it was never mandatory, and thus unfair.
#16 by carnut on January 7, 2010 - 10:29 am
Unfortunatly the car business doesn’t just convert the price. 40.000$ will remain 40.000 Euro or more. Just compare prices from cars in the US to Europe …
#17 by MissVampireDiaries on January 7, 2010 - 10:43 am
i don’t think it’s going to be that cheap in Europe.. probably 40 euros there as well.
#18 by Av987 on January 7, 2010 - 11:23 am
40.000 dollar is only 26.000 in euros, so the price isn’t all that bad.
#19 by cinebros on January 7, 2010 - 12:17 pm
Jesus who’s that f’ing STALLION at 2:20 ??!
#20 by garagecrap on January 7, 2010 - 1:14 pm
So how many times you can recharge the battery before it needs replacement???
#21 by RichardEllisxyz on January 7, 2010 - 2:00 pm
” A standard recepticle” …not quite, that is a proprietary plug built into the car…what happens when this ’special’ plug is lost or fails to function because the conductor inside breaks when it gets run over for the bazillionth time. You won’t be able to run down to Home Depot & get just any extension cord……because it takes a “special” plug!
Stupid thinking on GMs part….get to thinking Gm …almost got it, keep trying!
#22 by GANTZ100pts on January 7, 2010 - 2:38 pm
this car will never be just look up “GM Chevy Volt Fails” here on Youtube it couldn’t even go up a small hill without staling and then failing to restart all together.
#23 by meadowshockey on January 7, 2010 - 3:29 pm
you can hate all you want..but nothing…i mean NOTHING beats a American car, no matter where you live
#24 by bowietexas on January 7, 2010 - 4:02 pm
Can you say OIL?
Young man: “That means 60,000 isn’t very many vehicles…”
Bob Lutz: “No, I agree with you. I think its a conservative figure, but we need to let somebody screen some of our technology, and lets face it, the only ones who are going to be able to use it [ARE RICH]. ”
Young man: “Are you still thinking mid 30’s?”
Bob Lutz: “Naw, I think we’re figuring just below 40…”
Starting minute 3:46 in this YouTube video. Listen to him
youtube. com/watch?v=CfBZ0B2dAvA&featur e=related
#25 by carnut on January 7, 2010 - 4:55 pm
At 40K Chevy won’t sell a single Volt in Europe. It should be under 25000 Euro to even get some attention of possible buyers ! (or at 30K or so including a package with a solor cell station to load the battery, so you would drive for free and have a REAL zero emission car)