tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470610300400974722.post3152596492434594528..comments2024-02-23T04:18:05.609-06:00Comments on My View From The Shore: Power shiftingHarvey Briggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01509290141801264985noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470610300400974722.post-79673154068489182882010-07-25T21:47:34.947-05:002010-07-25T21:47:34.947-05:00I don't see this as a huge power drain on the ...I don't see this as a huge power drain on the system, at least in the near term. The people who are going to be able to have these are people who own their own home and can put in the equipment to charge it. I rent and have a garage space but I think my building owner would be rather pi$$ed if I was plugging <b>my</b> can into <b>her</b> socket every night.<br /><br />Let's hope that the people who get them get solar panels to store up charge during the day. GM & Nissan should be partnering on making that happen.tmp00https://www.blogger.com/profile/07394341047945443955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470610300400974722.post-66253025080133904272010-07-23T13:09:32.280-05:002010-07-23T13:09:32.280-05:00Thanks Cam.
It's just one of the issues that...Thanks Cam. <br /><br />It's just one of the issues that's been gnawing at me about electric vehicles. Our grid is overtaxed as it is, and as far as I can tell there's no real plan to upgrade it. We have brown outs in major cities now when the temperature rises above 90 degrees. So where's the juice going to come from to power the 49 million electric vehicles we're projected to have on the road in 2020? It's a question we should be asking.Harvey Briggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01509290141801264985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470610300400974722.post-6953055898545120642010-07-23T10:23:11.709-05:002010-07-23T10:23:11.709-05:00I like the commercial, it's really nice. It&#...I like the commercial, it's really nice. It's too bad the whole conversation around EVs is so one sided right now. Good for you for raising the issue about coal fired plants, lord knows we won't hear about it from our Government which has decided that EVs are the right answer.<br /><br />EVs are a small part of an answer that should be detailed in a comprehensive energy policy. I'm afraid that developing that comprehensive policy is simply too hard for our politicians so we have to put up with half baked ideas that are anointed 'the answer."Cameron McNaughtonhttp://autoperspectives.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470610300400974722.post-72455237175612938572010-07-23T09:33:36.572-05:002010-07-23T09:33:36.572-05:00This was a Goodby effort. Their first for Volt.This was a Goodby effort. Their first for Volt.Harvey Briggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01509290141801264985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470610300400974722.post-89965603423976979302010-07-23T09:06:37.610-05:002010-07-23T09:06:37.610-05:00Do you know who did the spot? I wasn't sure if...Do you know who did the spot? I wasn't sure if it was done before, during or after the CE-Publicis-Goodby shuffle.Mandy_Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561598721266208665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4470610300400974722.post-7384564728046069032010-07-23T08:30:01.943-05:002010-07-23T08:30:01.943-05:00Too bad the Volt doesn't come with a George Fo...Too bad the Volt doesn't come with a George Foreman Grilling Machine option so you could prepare a steak on the drive home from the office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com