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Tuesday 19 Apr 2011

Volt catches fire.

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10 Responses to “Volt catches fire.”

1. on 19 Apr 2011 at 10:57 am   Ed Hering
   
   

   That was the only good scene in that movie. And it was only good because FLAMETHROWER.

2. on 19 Apr 2011 at 10:58 am   Og
   
   

   lol. yep.

3. on 19 Apr 2011 at 5:42 pm   Mr. B
   
   

   Love that scene!

   However, it is likely that the fire(s) were caused by the homebuilt electric/battery powered Suzuki Samuri rather than the Volt.

   Not that I would own one.

4. on 19 Apr 2011 at 5:50 pm   og
   
   

   First fire was proven to be caused by the volt, second fire was just the volt.

5. on 19 Apr 2011 at 8:04 pm   Mr. B
   
   

   Latest reports say otherwise:

   http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/04/19/GM-Chevy-Volt-did-not-cause-garage-fire/UPI-61741303249138/

   Who knows, really? Could be a coverup, or it could be an attempt to damage the already weak Volt sales…

   As I’ll never own one, it’ll take something else to cause my home to burn.

6. on 19 Apr 2011 at 8:22 pm   og
   
   

   The reports do conflict, but either way, I don’t care. I wouldn’t put one in my garage.

   If anyone ever made a REAL hybrid, I’d think about it.

7. on 19 Apr 2011 at 8:43 pm   Mr. B
   
   

   what do you mean, real?

8. on 19 Apr 2011 at 8:54 pm   og
   
   

   Something with some efficiency and speed. A gasoline engine will only ever reach a specific efficiency, same with a diesel. if you’re lucky, you can get 30%. A turbine practically doubles that, and turbines have gotten to the point where they are scaling well. So a small- say, fifty horsepower- turbine, operating at a constant efficient RPM, and doing NOTHING but generating power to charge the batteries, and then running the car on batteries alone, THAT would get my attention. The efficiency would be good, you wouldn’t even have to try to couple the engine to the wheels, (Which is inefficient and wasteful) and you might even be able to use it to power your home, or remote cabin.

9. on 20 Apr 2011 at 6:38 am   Mr. B
   
   

   I like the idea of the turbine.You know how I feel about efficiency…But why accept the losses of generator/motor over the significantly smaller loss due to friction in a gearbox/clutch/transmission?

   Or am I missing something?

   Maybe explain to me via email? I don’t wanna hijack your comments.

10. on 20 Apr 2011 at 11:11 am   Ken
    
    

    Very interesting idea — been thinking about the Stirling cycle for much the same reason (retired neighbor is a former NASA engineer, who tells stories of a Stirling-powered Dodge P/U they had at Glenn Research).

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