Comments on: Toyota PHEV: You Mileage May Vary

By: gcorley

gcorley — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:48:39 +0000

I like the bit where the article quotes Andrew Farah (Chief Engineer of the Volt program) as saying “the car … is 10 weeks behind the original schedule. Any more slippage, and the 2010 deadline will be history. Even if no more time is lost, he will have only eight weeks to test the underbody, the car’s structural base.”

Andrew Farah then goes on to say “… in some cars … testing the underbody can take a year.”

Sounds like a rather optimistic timing plan to me!!!

By: improvement_needed

improvement_needed — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:07:51 +0000

seoultrain:
very nice!!

By: Johnson

Johnson — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:08:16 +0000

So wait, GM ADMITS the Volt project started solely to get more media attention!?

By: offroadinfrontier

offroadinfrontier — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:39:15 +0000

lmao @ translation.

But but, what’s the fun in having instant torque if you Don’t floor it??!

By: seoultrain

seoultrain — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:28:55 +0000

Translation:

“You people don’t have any clue how to drive for efficiency, so don’t bitch if you’re flooring our plug-in hybrid and it doesn’t get you a gazillion miles per gallon.”

By: faster_than_rabbit

faster_than_rabbit — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:15:24 +0000

Rapid acceleration on freeway entrances? Must be a shortage of old people wherever Bill Reinert lives.

By: offroadinfrontier

offroadinfrontier — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:14:25 +0000

Batteries!! That’s all we need to perfect. We need some major improvement. After this happens and 200 miles is easily achieved, EVs will dominate (we’ll still need the gas-elec hybrids for those that travel cross-state/country regularly, of course).

/tangent

I wonder how easily AWD will be to impliment on an EV.. Some cars already have more than one electric motor. I can see one per wheel in the future.. talk about regenerative braking and effective traction/stability control. No delays! With proper programming, imagine the possibilities! Of course, electrical nightmares are just as possible.. But maintenance on said systems would consist of.. nothing. Throw said setup on a subcompact hatch, and talk about fun ::grin::

/end tangent