What's Wrong With This Video?: Just Slap a Volt in There Edition
Published: June 29th, 2009
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I actually rented one of these from Budget at LAX and drove it on the 405 to Torrance. I got concerned about the rapid batter drain and how to get it recharged so I swapped it for a normal rental car. Cool looking, drove great, but its low the ground profile was a little scary in heavy traffic on the 405.
The gmev.com website at the end still works.. Reroutes to the Chevy Volt page.. I'm impressed. I was expecting a great lease offer on an EV-1 at the site.
So what exactly has been changed since http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1#EV1_series_hybrid ? They quit tinkering around with turbines and stirlings and slap a piston generator in it. Thats all. Oh, and changing the battery from proven cheapish NiMH to unproven LiFePO4 as well. And this takes them 2011-1998, 13 years ??