Maybe I should copyright the term. I still haven't seen anywhere what the total number of kilowatt hours it will take to charge a Chevy Volt from completely discharged to completely charged.
Chevy will have available a 120 V and a 240 V home charger, the later being more efficient. --- On Mon, 8/2/10, Leland Jackson <lela...@mail.smvfp.com> wrote: > From: Leland Jackson <lela...@mail.smvfp.com> > Subject: Re: [OT] unaffordable at any speed > To: "ProFox Email List" <profox@leafe.com> > Date: Monday, August 2, 2010, 5:31 PM > Thanks for the new term: > eco-weenie. LOL > > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=eco-weenie > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > > > On 08/02/2010 04:21 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: > > It won't be too bad if the charging is done off-peak, > but charging millions of cars on a summer day can choke the > electrical grid. > > > > Until you can charge a car in 5 minutes and drive for > 300 miles on a charge, forget about these cars being > attractive to the average American. > > > > For me personally the Chevy Volt design is better > since it has a backup gasoline recharging system, but the > car will only appeal to Ecoweenies right now. > > > > > > > >> Don't get in to big of a hurry. The > electrical grids > >> currently in use > >> around the world are in many cases already maxed > out. > >> Replacing the > >> petrol engine with the electric engine running > off > >> batteries will > >> greatly increase demand for electricity and will > require a > >> huge > >> investment in new electrical lines, (eg the > electrical > >> grid). > >> > >> The new lines will need to be laid between major > >> metropolitan area so > >> new power plants running on solar, wind, natural > gas, coal, > >> petrol, > >> water, and other type of energy can connect to > them as an > >> outlet for > >> their electricity. A single electrical line > of a > >> given dimension can > >> only carry a finite amount of electricity before > it's > >> full. Once a line > >> is full, an addition line must be laid to > increase > >> capacity. > >> > >> It could take decade to make the transition in > any > >> significant way to > >> the electric cars, and the electric motor is not > well > >> suited to > >> transport by air, ship, rail, and 18 wheelers that > do the > >> heavy lifting > >> in commercial transportation of goods to the > consumer, > >> which is the > >> heart and life blood of an economy. I don't > see a > >> total transition to > >> the electric car. I think the electric car > will > >> become just another > >> option like petrol or diesel cars. > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> LelandJ > >> > >> > >> > >> > [excessive quoting removed by server] > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4c573941.8030...@mail.smvfp.com > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/362207.23602...@web31408.mail.mud.yahoo.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
