Comments on: Volt Birth Watch 113: Inside The Volt Battery Development

By: autonut

autonut — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:26:07 +0000

Speaking of Volt battery development: isn’t GM is out of the picture and the gig was outsourced to LG? Maybe Volt will come with a decent cell phone.

By: John Horner

John Horner — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:24:01 +0000

“If only we had better batteries …. ”

That has been the refrain of electric car promoters for over 100 years now.

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:47:02 +0000

JoeEgo :

We’re already well into the “not” stage.

By: JoeEgo

JoeEgo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:20:46 +0000

Why doesn’t Niedermeyer get around to the heart of the story here: the gas engine won’t recharge the battery! The wool is being pulled over our eyes by the very site that purports to seek out the TRUTH!

Seriously, whether the Volt is produced or not there should be some sort of retrospective, in-joke-laden post on the Volt Birth/Suffocation/Death-watch series.

By: Justin Berkowitz

Justin Berkowitz — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:46:36 +0000

@sitting@home:

But you clearly don’t have the access to the really old archives, ca. 3000 BC.

“Some men claim magik abilities to tame these beasts, the “horses” as they call them. How far can they go without eating the master’s food supply? When will they need to eat and to sleep? For how long must they sleep? The rest of us know that running is the reliable way to travel.”

By: mfgreen40

mfgreen40 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:43:32 +0000

sitting@home I love your post, right on. But being a farm boy I just about fell out of my chair laughing over ( a bushel of hay ) how about a bale of hay.

By: sitting@home

sitting@home — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:25:07 +0000

Someone’s got to try, or we won’t get anywhere.

From the TTAC archives circa 1908 entitled “Ford Model-T birth watch #1″ …

“We received a telegraph message today indicating that Mr. Henry Ford is attempting new manufacturing techniques in order to widen the market for his next horseless carriage damnation. We say poppycock and that the infrastructure to replenish these noisy beasts will never be in place for such widespread use. How can a gallon of gasoline ever replace a bushel of hay.”

By: akitadog

akitadog — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:00:09 +0000

I assume that the EV-1 batteries are on the left, but which is which, again? I mean, lithium-ion are supposed to be smaller and lighter, but the quote at the end says they’re bigger.