GM's hope for a 200 mile range EV http://www.plugincars.com/gm-vehicle-electrification-roadmap-127823.html GM Electrification Downplays All-Electric Cars By David Herron July 26, 2013
[image http://www.plugincars.com/sites/default/files/ChevroletSparkEV102-620.jpg Chevy Spark EV ] On Wednesday, General Motors published a roadmap for its vehicle electrification program. Pam Fletcher, global chief engineer for Volt and plug-In hybrid electric powertrains at GM, explains the three broad categories of vehicle electrification: light electrification, plug-in hybrid (or extended-range EV), and pure electric. She also makes it clear that most of GM's emphasis will be on the first two categories—with the Chevy Spark EV, a limited production vehicle, the sole mention of any pure electric cars. Three Degrees [image] 2014 Buick LaCrosse ... [image] 2013 Chevy Volt ... Not Much for Pure EVs GM recently began selling the Chevy Spark EV in limited quantities in California and Oregon. This is the company's first all electric car since the EV1. The limited manufacturing volume and distribution have led EV supporters to describe the Spark EV as a "compliance car," produced only to just barely meet California's mandate for zero emission vehicles. It has an electric range of about 82 miles. GM claims a Spark EV owner would save $1,800 a year in fuel costs. It's also quickly earning a reputation for its impressive torque. Using its SAE DC Fast Charging fast charging port, the Spark EV can get about an 80 percent charge in as little as 20 minutes. (The fast charging support isn't compatible with the CHAdeMO standard.) As Fletcher admits, the SAE-compatible chargers will be available "in the near future," so there will not be Fast Chargers available for the first customers. That means the fast charge port on the Spark EV will be of little value for an undetermined period of time. In March, GM's management repeated its hope for an electric car with 200 miles of range, resulting from a breakthrough in battery technology. Perhaps the company is waiting for that possibility, and a novel technology's ability to provide the level of driving range that consumers say they want, before making a big push into all-electric cars. Who knows? But according to its published roadmap, the future of vehicle electrification will mostly use batteries and electric motors in combination with internal combustion engines and tailpipes. [Recargo Acquires PlugInCars.com News and Community Website recargo.com/press-assets/releases/Recargo-PlugInCars-Android-20120215.pdf Feb 15, 2012 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Recargo Acquires PlugInCars.com News and Community Website. EV News Site, Along With Android App ... ] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: 20 COMET Electric-jeepneys to run Metro Manila route by year end EVLN: Some Easy Fixes to Make Public EV Charging Better EVLN: Flexible glass energy storage for plug-ins EVLN: Enterprise Rent-A-Car Adds 5 Leaf EVs & EVSE in Northampton, MA EVLN: Tesla Setting Up Supercharging In Florida + EVLN: Rare-earth resource in gold-rush-era tailings {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-GM-Electrification-Downplays-All-Electric-Cars-tp4664510.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
