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Doesn't this want you to go out and buy a Chevy Volt?
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:50 pm
by Executioner
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Can we say our tax dollars at work?
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:18 pm
by b-man1
the first thing i thought of was that picture people post in threads...the one with a rabbit and a stack of pancakes on its head. it makes about as much sense.
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:04 pm
by Key Keeper
Totally ghey...................
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:34 pm
by nexus_7
2.3 thumbs DOWN
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:47 pm
by Err
I couldn't watch the whole thing. I didn't want my eyes and ears to bleed. They need to showcase the technology with this car rather than this nonsense. This is the ONLY car of it's kind in production that has a fully electric drive-train with an extender engine. Marketing should run with that and the fact that the majority of people who commute will rarely have to even buy gas.
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:17 pm
by FlyingPenguin
THIS is why GM should be allowed to quietly go bankrupt. They have no clue how to compete in the current market if that's the best their marketing department can come up with.
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:46 pm
by Pugsley
Err wrote:This is the ONLY car of it's kind NOT in production that has a fully electric drive-train with an extender engine.
Fixed that.
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:24 am
by Err
Pugsley wrote:Fixed that.
:lol Nice Catch. They've been working and teasing on this for what? 5 years now.
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:00 pm
by Pugsley
Seems that way. I had this Ideal of a full electric drive car with a diesel powered generator on board. Just run the diesel when its needed.
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:26 pm
by Err
Pugsley wrote:Seems that way. I had this Ideal of a full electric drive car with a diesel powered generator on board. Just run the diesel when its needed.
That's how the locomotive industry has been running for years. Aside from the setup being more efficient, electric motors have some serious torque. You could also build a smart awd vehicle that has 1 motor per wheel.
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:29 pm
by wvjohn
Err wrote:That's how the locomotive industry has been running for years. Aside from the setup being more efficient, electric motors have some serious torque. You could also build a smart awd vehicle that has 1 motor per wheel.
Ships too - engines drive generator - and they have propulsion pods which are much more flexible to use b/c there is no drive shaft.
I'd love a 4wd engine on each wheel rig
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:39 pm
by Pugsley
Yeah old locomotives were DC. new ones are variable frequency AC drive. Helps with wheel slippage. I don't know why the railroads haven't gone hybrid yet. It would be super easy with current equipment. Just add a box car full of batteries between 2 locomotives. Use them when needed and charge them when using dynamic brakes instead of burning the energy off as heat in a resistor grid like they do now. When idling they can charge. And since the "boxcar" will have a good amount of weight it can have traction motors on it as well.