[ausev] Series Hybrid Plug In Details

[Marc Kohler]

How does GM charge a 16 kWh battery pack using a 110V-15A plug in 6.5 hours?

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Marc Kohler


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Farver" <mfarver at mindbent.org>
To: "AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion" 
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Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: [ausev] Series Hybrid Plug In Details


> Marc Kohler wrote:
>>  The battery pack's volume is 100
>> L, one-third as much as the lead-acid batteries
>> in GM's 1990s-issue electric car, the EV1. GM's
>> targeted maximum weight for the pack is 180
>> kilograms (400 pounds).
> It is interesting that they compare the LiOH specs against the Lead Acid
> EV1.  The NiMH EV1 had a battery pack of close to the same volume as the
> Lead Acid version, but got a 120 mile range.   So for 1/3 the volume,
> they get 1/3 the Range on Lithium. Lithium will look good for weight,
> but I wonder why GM is struggling with a technology they (and no other
> car manufacturer) has experience with instead of going with their
> excellent NiMH technology.  (Even sold to Texaco, I assume GM kept a
> license to the Ovoinics technology)
>
> Mark
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