A recent episode of Frontline covering the topic of global climate change had a segment with the Chevy Volt. While Chevy tried to show off the Volt driving up a not so steep looking hill it turned out the car couldn’t make it and stalled out. Hopefully this was just a fluke and not a sign that things aren’t going well with this promising new technology. Check out the video below and see the Volt doing a whole lot of fail.
If don’t know what the Volt is all about it is and all electric car that should be able to go 40 miles on a 8 hour charge and then is backed up by a gasoline engine to produce electricity to extend the car’s range to hundreds of miles.
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November 9th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Auto X Prise:
A competition to develop a 100mpg automobile
“Commercial viability is a key criteria for picking the winner – the teams must demonstrate not just performance but also business plan showing that they can sell at least 10,000 of their vehicles annually.”
http://ecotalitylife.greenoptions.com/2007/08/03/ecotality-automotive-x-prize-announces-first-31-competitors-for-100mpg-competition/
“Improving on an existing French manufacture’s design, of an all air powered “European small/slow car”, to improve on the designed of a viable “air/gas powered compressor” for the US. Zero
Pollution Motors:
(One of the contenders)
http://zeropollutionmotors.us/
Statements on this weeks episode of zaproot.com featured a snippits saying it will be available for sale in 2010, cost $17,000, and will get 107MPG equivalent. It will go up to 30MPH on air alone, the gas engine needs to start up to get it to go 90MPH.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
The lightest and strongest air storage bottles available now (carbon fiber) have an energy storage density comparable to lead-acid batteries. I guess if you have a golf cart, at least there are no disposal concerns because the container has an unlimited lifetime. My next golf cart will be air powered for sure.