http://www.businesspundit.com/chevy-volt-gets-230-mpg-thanks-to-new-epa-rules/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.businesspundit.com/chevy-volt-gets-230-mpg-thanks-to-new-epa-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-16086 bluemonkey Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:13:39 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=13230#comment-16086 This car has an Electric motor and a battery that must be recharged after 40 miles. For NiMH Battery pack: If you will be the lucky one, to kip this battery for 300 charge/discharge cycles, you need a new battery set after driving 12000 miles (40miles x 300 recharge cycles). If the cost of the battery is $5000, then you spend $0.4 per mile only in battery cost. For Lithium-ion Battery Pack: http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm If you will be the lucky one to kip this battery for 600 charge/discharge cycles you need a new battery set after driving 24000 miles (40miles x 600 recharge cycles). If the cost of the battery is $12000, then you spend $0.5 per mile only in battery cost. And after, 1 year on use, the battery must be recharged after 30000 miles. That means $0.66 per mile only in battery cost. Kilowatts, recharging the battery are extra. Oh, by the way, this car has a gasoline engine 40MPG, or $0.065 per mile. I bought a used Toyota Corolla, manual, on 2002 with 35000 miles. Now the car has 120000 miles and still makes 34MPG (Summer), or $0.076 per mile. Going beyond Hybrid, GM and his rescuers are going down a cliff. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1010906587918 This car has an Electric motor and a battery that must be recharged after 40 miles.
For NiMH Battery pack:
If you will be the lucky one, to kip this battery for 300 charge/discharge cycles, you need a new battery set after driving 12000 miles (40miles x 300 recharge cycles). If the cost of the battery is $5000, then you spend $0.4 per mile only in battery cost.
For Lithium-ion Battery Pack:
http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm
If you will be the lucky one to kip this battery for 600 charge/discharge cycles you need a new battery set after driving 24000 miles (40miles x 600 recharge cycles). If the cost of the battery is $12000, then you spend $0.5 per mile only in battery cost.
And after, 1 year on use, the battery must be recharged after 30000 miles. That means $0.66 per mile only in battery cost.
Kilowatts, recharging the battery are extra.
Oh, by the way, this car has a gasoline engine 40MPG, or $0.065 per mile.
I bought a used Toyota Corolla, manual, on 2002 with 35000 miles. Now the car has 120000 miles and still makes 34MPG (Summer), or $0.076 per mile.
Going beyond Hybrid, GM and his rescuers are going down a cliff.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1010906587918

]]> http://www.businesspundit.com/chevy-volt-gets-230-mpg-thanks-to-new-epa-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-16004 Ben Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:54:50 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=13230#comment-16004 MediaCurves.com just conducted a study with 300 viewers of a news clip featuring General Motors’ new Chevy Volt. The results showed that 55% of respondents who reported that they were likely to purchase a car in the next year indicated that they would consider the Chevy Volt. For more in-depth results, please visit http://www.mediacurves.com/NationalMediaFocus/J7493-ChevyVolt/Index.cfm. Thanks, Ben MediaCurves.com just conducted a study with 300 viewers of a news clip featuring General Motors’ new Chevy Volt. The results showed that 55% of respondents who reported that they were likely to purchase a car in the next year indicated that they would consider the Chevy Volt. For more in-depth results, please visit http://www.mediacurves.com/NationalMediaFocus/J7493-ChevyVolt/Index.cfm.
Thanks,
Ben

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