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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    That's also assuming you left home with a full charge and didn't drive it at all up to that point(for a full charge). As for as I know(which isn't very well) there aren't any charging stations between me and my closest drag strip( ~30 miles). There has to be one somewhere in that stretch because there are some heavily populated areas on the way. Edit: Nope. Just looked at a map and there are only a few on the way to STL but a lot on the MO side of the river. This is also some o my ignorance showing but do all manufacturers use the same plug in? Yes the auto industry has pretty much standardized on the same type of 120, 220 or 440 type plug to charge your EV. While at the track you could always at least plug in with your 110 portable charging cord and NOT have to stop at the Gas station like the Rat Rod 72 nova will have to do to get home.
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    Some things I have learned about EV battery packs: 1) Avoid full charging, this is one reason that mobile devices batteries only last a couple years, Leaf, Spark EV, Prius, etc have a long life setting that allows the battery to only charge up to 80% to maximize the life of the battery pack. 2) Avoid deep discharging of Battery pack as it weakens them. Leaf , Prius both recommend recharging when the battery is down to 25% power left. 3) Use a timer based Charger to optimize the efficiency of charging your battery pack. 4) On hot days park in the shade on cold days park in a garage. 5) If storing your EV, plan ahead to keep the batteries at 60% charged so you maintain a balanced battery pack. 6) Minimize use of DC quick chargers to maximize the battery life. Over all I am gathering additional resources as I plan to write a story covering EV batteries for the alternative forum.
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    So a cheaper version of the hard plastic, poor reliable sprinter that they have always had. Does not look like much has changed. I have very mixed feelings about the design language, part of me says this is better looking than the Ram ProMaster or Ford Transit and the other part says this is just as bad. Talk about sucky van styling. Miss GM and Fords original American designed vans.
  4. G. David Felt
    The Station Wagon is Reborn as a Hybrid. Not bad looking, very functional. I bet this will do better for Kia in Europe than the US.
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    I can pretty much agree with this. Bottom line it was a chance to be different. And kids do like different, even some people. It didn't even have to be crazy, just something different along the lines of the xb. The xB grew on me...I even like the second gen quite a bit.... While never a fan of the scion auto's as they felt cheap to me when you were in one but then it was supposed to be an entry point, I think Scion is where Prius and all EV's for Toyota should have been. What the fuggly Iphone is to millennials Scion could have been to them also. A whole little or lot of different. Toyota due to their ultra conservative be like everyone else blew their chance to really make themselves different.
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    I am actually curious about the cold weather ability of full EV cars. Batteries already don't last as long in the cold so what will that trim the range down to? That's one of my biggest concerns with full EV cars is the range when it's 20 degrees outside(like today). Then I would be limited(even more) and less places to "fill up" at. At least until there more charging stations. That is a valid point and my own reading has led me to see that the newest 48V 400Ah Lithium batteries seem to handle the below freezing much better. In this I wonder what the actual battery pack is in the BOLT. The specifics will be telling on how far GM and LG pushed their use of the latest battery versions for maximum efficiency.
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    Id like to see hpw the CHEVROLET Bolt does in Texas too... Because the CHEVROLET Silverado does well in Texas...actually, ANY gas guzzling pick-up truck and full-sized BOF SUV does well in Texas... According to their logic, and we all know who "they" is....if the Bolt happens to flop in Texas, in which I have a funny feeling it will, will that mean that Chevrolet's electric car program should be ceased and desisted? Yet I know it will sell by the butt loads on the west coast. I have already heard from my Chevy dealership about pre-ordering a bolt. All I have to do is put $500 down.
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    WOW, So now you can over pay for an Infiniti badge or pay less and get the same XQ80 at Nissan. Still ugly as always, dated looking and is the wrinkles in the leather on the door supposed to say quality or just we were to cheap to build it right?
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    Be interesting to see how the BOLT does in Michigan.
  10. G. David Felt
    And little Ocn would stand up and take notice if it was a hot smooth ripped Asian Man!
  11. G. David Felt
    Yawn, better but still does nothing to drive passion to me wanting to drive it.
  12. G. David Felt
    Would be cool if Chevy had some performance packages you could add to the Little Trax.
  13. G. David Felt
    Love the purple, this will be a cool collectors car.
  14. G. David Felt
    Yawn, the final days of the old muscle cars. Be interesting to see if they do a 21st century EV Performance package.
  15. G. David Felt
    But the Asian Woman is Hot, I would buy from her!
  16. G. David Felt
    OK I might be a bit slow on this comic, but what does drug use have to do with Tesla?
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    If you all review the following links, Green Car did a sit down with the GM / LG folks about the Bolt. Some pretty informative info about how the BOLT was built from scratch and LG won the contract to build and test to engineering spec specific parts. Best part is the quote "We intend to do [better electric vehicles] better, more efficiently, and more cost effectively than anybody else can," Reuss said. This story is the most recent released on Feb 3rd 2016. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1102176_bolt-ev-powertrain-how-did-gm-and-lg-collaborate-on-design-production Here is the Official Release of info on the car in Jan 2016 at CES. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101679_2017-chevrolet-bolt-ev-production-electric-car-unveiled-at-ces This story was done in Oct 2015. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1100562_2017-chevy-bolt-ev-development-gm-lg-chem-reveal-deep-partnership I have yet to find anything that says this is built on the Cruze platform. They make references to using the compact car expertise at the Korean Bought Daewoo company and having tested around the world mules built there. My personal feeling is that the BOLT will be every bit as competitive as the Model 3 from Tesla. In fact, I think this will force Tesla to rush their Model 3 to market as GM is going to do well with this auto. I also think this is what forced all other auto companies to finally commit to building a 200 mile range more or less EV for the world market. I tip my hat to Tesla for pushing the EV agenda and I think they have a 50/50 chance of staying independent, but GM will push this to the next level and then some other company will push it again. Not sure if the Luxury makers like BMW or MB will end up doing it or someone else, but who ever becomes #2 to market with a 4-5 passenger 200 Mile range EV will benefit from GM blazing the $30K EV auto.
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    I for one have never blew off Tesla and I do not thing the VOLT or BOLT is a Half-Ass EV or Hybrid. Even Porsche's EV will not be Half-Ass. That being said yes some here are blowing EVs off and many others see the future changing faster than most expect. Embrace the future change, after all change is the only constant that will continue in the auto world.
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    Ocn, Where Is The Love?
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    OK, so this type of work we have seen from in-house OEMs so why does BMW need to use a 3rd party to do this? The dash is clearly dated from the late 70's to early 80's I feel. The exterior is not much better. Very conservative and does not scream performance.
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    Wow, Thanks for sharing, those are some big changes, This was from the Factory that way? If so I would make them pay for the alignment as that totally sucks.
  22. G. David Felt
    You OK there? Did someone smack you hard in the head? Did you missing something in your diet recently? Come on, the Prius in person is still freakin ugly and terrible. They used their Hydrogen body style on the Prius to try and make it look good. Totally failure. Back away from the coolaid and take a deep breath you will be OK. Deep Breath, Deep Breath!
  23. G. David Felt
    We'll yes you get quad tail lights and a dated look inside and out. Nothing really new here. This is why I wonder when they will go the EV route to truly offer something new.
  24. G. David Felt
    I expect a considerable variety of EV power trains over the next 12-18 months as everyone looks to do a Tesla Competitor. This will only help push EV into more options. GM will start with the Bolt and go up. BMW, MB and Audi I expect to push from the top down. Going to be very interesting to watch the next couple years as to what comes out from the industry.
  25. G. David Felt
    Gotta love this how to buy a Tesla Video.
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