Doesn't this want you to go out and buy a Chevy Volt?

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:50 pm

Can we say our tax dollars at work?

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:18 pm

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.

Key Keeper · Post by **Key Keeper** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 7:04 pm

Totally ghey................... :asshat

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:34 pm

2.3 thumbs DOWN

Err · Post by **Err** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:47 pm

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.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:17 pm

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.

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:46 pm

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.

Err · Post by **Err** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:24 am

Pugsley wrote:Fixed that.

:lol Nice Catch. They've been working and teasing on this for what? 5 years now.

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:00 pm

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.

Err · Post by **Err** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:26 pm

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.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:29 pm

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

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:39 pm

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.