Gas Mileage Ace » electric http://www.gasmileageace.com Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:10:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Hurry Up General Motors Release the Volt! http://www.gasmileageace.com/chevy-volt-electric-ca/ http://www.gasmileageace.com/chevy-volt-electric-ca/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:06:37 +0000 Car Dude http://www.gasmileageace.com/?p=419 chevy volt electric carWell now the GM is on the cusp of bankruptcy and financial ruin…..they have announced the release of the long awaited Chevrolet Volt.  Will it be here in time to save GM?  Of course not!  The slated release date for this new generation of hybrid isn’t until 2011.  What’s the deal with that? GM had the EV1 electric car back in the 1990’s and it is only now that they are coming up with a half gas half electric hybrid car.  The American population has been scooping up every hybrid in sight for years now.  It this kind of foot dragging that has gotten GM into this mess in the first place.

Chevrolet Volt powerplantWhat make the Chevrolet Volt a cool car is that it can run totally on battery power for up to 40 miles.  This satisfies the normal daily commute of most of us.  After 40 miles a gas engine kicks in to get you to your destination.  So really even though this is a hybrid car; the Volt can be considered an electric car for short daily trips.  Bummer is you would have to plug in this car in order to recharge it…which is actually true to form of an electric car.  The Volt will have regenerative breaking, and once the batteries are recharged to a preset level; the gas engine will shut off and the electric engine will again resume.  There are still many factors yet to be set in stone regarding emission of fuel consumption.  But odds are these numbers will be low for emissions and high at least above 50 Miles per gallon when the gas engine is running.   The Volt platform will be the basis

]]> http://www.gasmileageace.com/chevy-volt-electric-ca/feed/ 1 100 MPG Car…..The Future Is Oh So Near! http://www.gasmileageace.com/xprize/ http://www.gasmileageace.com/xprize/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:02:11 +0000 Car Dude http://gasmilage.wordpress.com/?p=77 100 Miles per Gallon CarMy Prius gets 65 MPG!  Well big hairy deal.  Next years car will get 100 MPG….guaranteed!  The real news is the $10 Million purse the X PRIZE Foundation will give to the first company to produce a vehicle to break that golden 100 Mile Per Gallon barrier. This foundation is the same that recently paid…you guessed it….$10 million for the first suborbital space flight a few years back.  X PRIZE is dedicated to offering large amounts of money to make huge leaps for humanity.

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Since Space the Final Frontier has been conquered…might as well solve the gas crisis.  Damn….why did I skip Auto Shop Class!  I could be rich…..maybe not….you can bet that the big auto makers are already on the case.  The Announcement was made at the New York International Auto Show a few months back.  And even the Mayor Bloomberg gave his 2 cents on the prize:  “Development of a super-efficient car would be a major step forward in the fight against global warming – and it would help us reach our goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in New York City by 30 percent by 2030.” Please…..by 2030 we are going to be oil free.

old driverIt always seems like America is a little behind the times.  Why shoot for 100 MPG….that seems easily within reach.  I mean we already have Electric cars, Vegetable Oil powered cars, and so on running around.  And a plug in Hybrid can already achieve close to those numbers.  Gas is a thing of the past!  In 2009 a cross-country race will determine the winner of the Progressive Automotive X Prize.  Check out their website for more info. http://www.xprize.org/x-prizes/automotive-x-prize

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