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[CNET News.com] GM Chevy Volt on sale now for $41000 | Green Tech - CNET News: "Many people could drive pretty much on electricity from external charging alone and use the charging motor in the Volt when necessary. Yes, currently most electric power is generated from fossil fuels but that is changing and a fully electric car, unlike a hybrid, which just uses an electric motor to be efficient in city driving, can take advantage of renewable sources as they increasingly are being used to generate electric power," said a reader with the user name djsxxx.

[2.0: The Blogmocracy] Tales from the Obama Boom: Durable Goods fall, Expensive Chevy ...: The Volt works in a similar fashion, except that it uses batteries instead of ultracapacitors, and the engine is gasoline, not diesel. The other difference with the Volt, as I understand it is the gasoline engine only cuts in to power the generator and charge the batteries if the batteries are depleted.

[CarFab.com] GS 450h Offers V8-Like Performance with Low Emissions | CarFab.com: Power from the gas engine and MG2 is distributed to the rear drive wheels via a planetary gear-type Electronically-controlled Continuously Variable Transmission (ECVT).  This special transmission, which eliminates specific gear ratios, features a two-speed torque-multiplication device that allows drivers to select from among three driving modes: Power, Normal and Snow. “Normal” provides the smoothest operation and is ideal for city or suburban driving;

[Japaneseusedhybridcars.com] GS 450h Offers V8-Like Performance with Low Emissions: These include a blue hybrid designation on the side rocker moldings, aluminum-and-blue enameled rear model designation, front grille, special 18-inch light-alloy wheels, a Lexus Hybrid Drive engine cover, blue front and rear “L” logos, a blue tint to the headlamps, clear tail lamp covers and a power meter that replaces the tachometer.

[Auto Auctions] GS 450h Offers V8-Like Performance with Low Emissions | Auto Auctions: The GS 450h matches its powerful acceleration with responsive handling while maintaining the ultra-comfortable ride that is synonymous with the Lexus brand. Instead of attempting to mask noise, the engineers designed fans and motors to significantly reduce cabin-noise intrusion.

[Mercedes-Benz Passion eBlog] C 215 series (1999 to 2006) - World premiere of Active Body ...: CL 600: “The new CL, an impressive four-seater, is without doubt a highpoint in the brand’s design history - with its four-eyed front, bonnet remodelled around the headlamps, side lines rising steeply towards the rear and spoiler-like bootlid edge protruding over the triangular tail lights. It not only looks lighter and more dynamic than its predecessor, it really is.”

[Autoblog Green] PICC's latest converted plug-in Prius boasts 40-mile electric ...: Sure if you have a used donor vehicle you could build it for much less - you can get a used Gen II Prius for about the same price as their current conversion kit (so it will cost you at least $20k and likely close to $25k), but you still have to deal with the limitations of the Prius drivetrain as a plug-in:

[Thinking Tech Blog RSS | SmartPlanet] Don't hold your breath waiting for electric cars - SmartPlanet: The point you're missing on swappable batteries is that Better Place, the company behind the battery swap stations, will own the batteries. You'll buy a vehicle from a company that works with Better Place, so it uses the right size, shape and capacity battery that's installed in the right place in the vehicle, but you won't be buying the battery, which will belong to Better Place, so it will be in that company's best interests to ensure you have a safe, reliable, fully-charged, not-8-year-old battery in place when you leave one of Better Place's automated battery swap stations.

[GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site] Official: GM to Build 10000 Volts in 2011; 30000 in 2012: Money Pit: The New GM is the same as the old GM, plain and simple ”¦They announce expanding to more city’s but the next day announce they are building LESS vehiclesThere are only two possible reasons for the ridiculously small build numbers1) they will lose their shirts selling each volt, so have BS reasons to restrict product to reduce lossand / or2) Management is planning for a fail., self induced or concern based on the two-mode SUV sales is unknown, but is it crystal clear to anyone not wearing rose colored glasses and not drinking the kool-aid, GM from out of the gate is going to limit sale INTENTIONALLY which will be self-fulfilling in making the volt failI’m not a troll peeps, I’ve watched this from the start when it was the Electric ”¦ I just call it as it is, not what I want it to be. GM, appears to be setting up for an EV1 all over again, for those that haven’t watched “Who killed the electric car” should do so and compare all the Press releases and miss information to what the new GM is doing nowNow Nissan’s leaf my not be the best EV to come along, but it clearly shows the difference when a company WANTS to sell cars and GM which is intentionally sabotages any chance the volt won’t be another EV1  

[GM Authority] Chevrolet Announces Order & Delivery Dates, Packages For Chevy ...: GM and its strategic partners produce cars and trucks in 31 countries, and sell and service these vehicles through the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Daewoo, Holden, Jiefang, Opel, Vauxhall and Wuling. GM’s largest national market is the United States, followed by China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy.

[Green Car Reports] How Does The 2011 Chevy Volt Get 230 MPG? By Making Assumptions ...: The distance driven doesn't really matter.But for the Volt, mileage assumptions become much more political.  If the EPA tests a Volt over a cycle of less than 40 miles, it will never burn any gasoline, and it'll get that "infinite" mileage. The daily distance matters much more for the Volt than for a gas engined car.The answer appears to be the EPA has adopted a cycle described by GM-Volt.com, among others, that assumes the Volt is driven until the battery is discharged--and then slightly more on gasoline power.Your mileage may varyA similar test routine proposed by Mike Duoba at Argonne National Laboratories repeatedly drives the car on four EPA highway test cycles until the battery is discharged, then drives one city cycle--totaling 51 miles.

[CarBlogIndia - All About Automobiles] Toyota Launches Hybrid Car Prius At Auto Expo 2010 - Exclusive ...: During startup/ Driving at constant speed Prius drives only with motor, the battery directly supply electricity to motor, during normal driving conditions Prius intelligently controls the engine output & motor output for optimum fuel efficiency, while climbing uphill battery provide additional acceleration &

[Cricketdiane's Weblog] What would we do without gasoline? « Cricketdiane's Weblog: Regeneration of the cassettes will take place at centralized facilities serving regional networks of refueling stations. In this way the zinc anode recharging/recycling facility would assume a parallel role in a zinc-air based transportation system to that held by oil refineries in today’s fuel distribution system, without the negative impacts.

[The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future] The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: August 2, 2010: And that's my problem with the Obama administration's energy policy, or at least with his lavish subsidies for the Volt, Nissan's all-electric Leaf (likely sticker price $33,000), and Tesla's $100,000 all-electric Roadster: Where does the federal government get off spending the average person's tax dollars to help better-off-than-average Americans buy expensive new cars?

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