Re: Japan got pwned by Chevy!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit
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Originally Posted by AveoRob
On the note of creature comforts you keep mentioning, since it is summer, how does the A/C run on that 40 mile battery. Do you think you can get 230 mpg with A/C. How about night driving with lights etc., still on battery? After 40 miles, do you have to stop to recharge, or is the engine enough to power this vehicle?
those are very good points, i do have a question, maybe someone saw more factual info? i thought this car was 100% electric vehicle, but the gas engine was only used as a generator to recharge itself while driving? anyone hear / know for sure?
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the 2011 Chevrolet Volt will be a compact 5-door sedan with front-wheel drive, four-passenger seating, and an external footprint like that of Chevrolet's conventional Cobalt compact car.
E-Flex differs from existing hybrid systems that use a battery-powered electric motor as an adjunct to an internal combustion engine. Instead, the gas-fueled engine serves as a electricity generator and battery charger and is not connected to the drive wheels. Technically speaking, the Volt is thus an electric vehicle (EV) as well as a "serial hybrid." The Toyota Prius and similar vehicles are termed "parallel hybrids."
The 2011 Chevrolet Volt will be one of the first retail-market vehicles to use state-of-the-art lithium-ion (LI) batteries instead of the older and more common nickel-metal-hydride (NiMH) type.
Sony LI batteries that made scary headlines by causing some laptop computers to overheat and even catch fire. The batteries in the 2011 Chevrolet Volt are thus expected to be quite safe, though they, too, must be kept within a specific temperature range. The Volt has a separate liquid-cooling system for that purpose
The battery pack itself, rated at 16 kilowatts/hour, comprises more than 220 separate cells wired in series. That means the failure of any one cell disables the entire array, though some existing hybrid vehicles also have this flaw. The Volt pack is about six feet long and weighs a hefty 375 pounds.
Re: Japan got pwned by Chevy!!!!!!
Nice find, I think that answers a lot of questions everyone had.
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that make the batteries sound like a bad idea..
Re: Japan got pwned by Chevy!!!!!!
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lol, i love those spyders 8)
haha that honda fag told me to screw myself on youtube, i love when people like that start **** with me lol i like to fight :x :x :x :x
Could you please not use that derogatory term here?
my bad, but you wouldnt understand my grudge towards people like stuck up honda owners and bronco fans that think they are a good team, or people who hate america for that matter
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Originally Posted by thehunterooo
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Originally Posted by atcovan
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Originally Posted by thehunterooo
lol, i love those spyders 8)
haha that honda fag told me to screw myself on youtube, i love when people like that start **** with me lol i like to fight :x :x :x :x
Could you please not use that derogatory term here?
my bad, but you wouldnt understand my grudge towards people like stuck up honda owners and bronco fans that think they are a good team, or people who hate america for that matter
It's all good... just wanted a little more civility on our forum. Now, as for Honda-bois and America haters, I'm definitely with ya there.
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Oh, yeah almost forgot the most despicable... spammers! :evil:
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yes no one likes them, or those who revive old threads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by thehunterooo
yes no one likes them, or those who revive old threads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
Ha, ha! But I'm new here and have something to say... :lol:
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i need to stop hating on wolf so much :0 he couldnt touch me though he would melt in florida :P :P :P :P :P