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GM plans to use Powermat wireless charging, which works by magnetic induction, first in the Chevy Volt, then in many other cars. Ok, but what happens if you have to swerve suddently and all the mobile devices that were happily recharging on the mat go flying around the car? [...] IBM provided the tools to design, test, and debug the software that runs the Chevy Volt, which plugs into a standard wall outlet. Chevy Volt. The burning question in many people’s minds is this: How much electricity does that electric portion of the trip use? GM answers that question (sort of) in a new press release: “Applying EPA’s methodology, GM expects the Volt to consume as little as 25 kilowatt hours per 100 miles in city driving.” That’s a [...] It’s only true is the car goes exactly 51.1 miles. Environmental Economics crunched the numbers. NPR agrees. For a trip of 50 miles, the Volt gets 250 miles per gallon. But, for a trip of 200 miles, the Volt gets 62.5 mpg. Based on the EPA decision to rate the Volt at 230 mpg, they [...] Broken Sword photo GM, using EPA standards, predicts that the Chevy Volt will get 230 mpg– an astounding figure for a big-six vehicle. It’s commonly compared with Toyota Prius’s 48 mpg. But that’s only because several higher mileage cars, like the 70 mpg VW Polo, aren’t sold in the U.S. The mpg figure makes the [...] GM is betting their company on the Chevy Volt. It’s a plug-in electric hybrid supposedly due in 2010. But reports are it will be late and the battery, which they are inventing as they design the car, remains a huge problem. It doesn’t exist yet and if and when it does, will probably be extremely [...] Credit where credit is due. GM is feverishly working on a next generation hybrid,the Chevy Volt, which could make existing hybrids obsolete. The Volt would use a gas engine to supplement the electric engine, the opposite of what current hybrids do, and would use microscopic amounts of gas most of the time. It will [...] |  | ||||
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