Comments on: New Battery Warranty for Chevy Volt Owners

By: bluecandy_zingko

bluecandy_zingko — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:55:21 +0000

Running low on battery charge can be a pain, especially if you drive an automatic vehicle. If you’re driving stick-shift, you can easily jumpstart or push-start the car as long as the battery still has a little charge. Once the car has been jumpstarted, the alternator will then do its role in supplying power and recharging the battery.

By: Jim Richard

Jim Richard — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:01:00 +0000

I have yet to see any body talking about the resale value of these EV’s as the expiry dates approach on the warranties. I know of a hybrid Chevy half ton truck that recently had to pay $17,000 for a battery replacement and a local politician is on his third battery set in his less than a 3 yr old Prius ( on warranty). Who is going to buy a used EV once the life has expired on the battery set? When people do life cycle costs, no one seems to take this into account and the EV is worth zero in just a few years to the first owner on resale. The next owner will need a very discounted price to take into account buying new battery pack with next to no warranty going forward. You can save gasoline or you can save money but you won’t do both! a $30,000 Ev depreciating 80-90% in 8 yrs will not cover the gasoline fuel savings. Thats why the new diesels will gain market share in North America as has happened in Europe.

By: Bernd Strominger

Bernd Strominger — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:15:23 +0000

So I think an eight year old or 100,000 km warranty very well. Maybe this helps the heel of the vehicles is increased significantly and the market is growing faster.

Regards from Hamburg ( Germany )

By: Jim Van Damme

Jim Van Damme — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:04:47 +0000

“Isn’t GM the same bunch of clowns ‘Who Killed the Electric Vehicle’?” No, this is Obama Motors, they run by politics, not by market forces or technology.

By: Ted Sumrall

Ted Sumrall — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:12:47 +0000

Isn’t GM the same bunch of clowns “Who Killed the Electric Vehicle”?

By: Bruce Bremer

Bruce Bremer — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:49:35 +0000

Range, reliability, price, and ease of use is what will ultimately make or break the EV market. However, if one’s carbon footprint is a deciding factor, the prospective buyer will need to know the source of the grid’s electricity. If it is coal, you’ve succeeded in only substituting one source of pollution for another.

Here is a link to a video clip I used in my class recently on Toshiba’s new Super Charge ion Battery (SCiB): http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/video/62961F73A3BD49C3CC2574D5006C22BF

The battery is scalable well beyond the realm of laptop battery. SCiB’s could become the battery of choice for EVs.

By: Anon E. Mouse

Anon E. Mouse — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:56:05 +0000

“capable of operating in diverse climates – from low -13 °F to a high of 122 °F ” – this might be ok for California and Florida, but is not good for the Northern States and Canada where it commonly gets to -30 °F and even much colder than that.