EV1: GM and Chevron killed the Electric car
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at
7:33 pm
GM and Chevron killed the Electric car, and now claim that it didn’t exist. Well, this car proves that it does, and that GM is a LIAR.
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I will steal a battery for you tell me where I will get you one.
Also surly lithium Ion battery’s are the way forward? I mean the Tzero is what we want to achieve?
Lithium batteries are three to six times as expensive as NiMH, and last no more than a quarter to a half as long.
This means a Lithium car will be priced around $100,000, and you will need a new battery in 50,000 to 100,000 miles.
It uses no oil ? What’s in the drive and steering systems ?
Sealed bearings, mostly; don’t forget, there’s essentially only one moving part, no brushes, no clutch or transmission. There is a need for steering fluid, but so far, I’ve never had to replace mine; also cooling fluid is present, but not needed.
One of the things I learnt about EV’s a while ago is that they have very little or no friction in their motors, this means they can coast more efficiently than an ICE, meaning more miles. In an ICE, when you take your foot of the accelerator/gas pedal, you begin to slow down, even if you’re on a flat surface.
Great videos, I’ve subscribed.
Chris
Exactly. The IC engine is composed of hundreds of parts moving in different directions, the motor has essentially one moving part — and it’s moving the same as the wheels. The IC engine provides drag on the car unless you put it into neutral; the EV has regenerative braking you can turn on or off.
Even better still, with the controller in an EV, most, if not all of them, are programmable, so you can change the amount of Regen. You could even add a separate button that switches between the different modes (or so I’ve read). I think the G-Wiz (from India) has that functionality, you can buy a programmer handset for it and change the values with no problems. Having Regen in an EV is quite useful. Where do you get that in an ICE?! I don’t think so.
Chris
I would never, ever buy a car.
Except one like this.
My God, did you get fired by GM?
God those rav4 are FUGLY, man why do they make a car I want then make it look like a turd going down the road, i guess they WANT it to fail.
GMs bankruptcy is FUGLIER !
Z, we don’t know how a Volt lithium battery will degrade. And neither does GM.
We will also probably never find out; GM being about to disappear. Which seems to suit their Oil Co owners (investment trusts with Oil Co shares).
If both batteries were Li, or both NiMH you would have a point.
I’m not an environmentalist at all. I like horsepower and I love old school diesels but I’m loving your videos. Educational stuff!
Well its been many years scince the
ev1 has been crushed and that got 90 miles per charge and the volt gets 40 miles per charge baiscly a there saying a 90’s car is more efficient tha a volt thay should of kept the EV1
Wow thats quiet…
How do I get my car to do that?
Please answer
You can convert your Car to an Electric.
Michigan has yard high snow drifts, and stop/start on ice on steep grades. Max torque at zero RPM sounds like a recipe for wheel spin/hop. Sensitive electronics in salt spray? What is the affect of deep cold on battery performance? Who’s going to climb up on an icey roof to clear a heavy snowfall off the solar panels for the few hours of sunlight available? Why havent these issues been addressed by the mysterious bearded man with balmy palm trees in his yard? Inconvenient truths perhaps? Hmmmm?
GM worker dont deserver what happen but dman i wish the administration some time in jail for be that incompetant.
We test electric batery buss in Quebec , we got – 30 to -45 every winter. The buss work realy well they fix little things in the whire cause of calcium. The buss can cary 30 people and can be use for over then 4 h in a place with a lot of BIG hills. After 4h the driver come back to the garage they change de Battery pack in 10 minute and the buss is ready to go back for a other 4h. A small company who build electric car in Canada say they will make one with a 300 kilometre autonomy and 100kmh.
SCREW GM no BAIL OUT MONEY UNLESS THEY BRING BACK THE EV1
GM says the volt is about 40,000, but you have to buy the battery seperatley. It’ll cost anywhere from 9,000 to 17,000. That’s a 40 mile battery.
I heard NiMH had problems and that’s why they’re not using them.
NO bailout for GM. Let them die. Unless they build something that the public wants they need to go away. let the market sort it out by the tried and true supply & demand formula. Not by the imitation bailout method. Down with GM!
NiMH had problems? Clearly that’s why there are plenty of people with RAV4-EVs >100,000 miles out there then