Somebody is going to get an ear-full when the blackout start.
” Somebody is going to get an ear-full when the blackout start. “
That is, of course, assuming that they actually sell enough of them to have an impact on the grid...
I’m betting not.... ;)
I mentioned this back in '07 when the Volt first appeared in the Detroit auto show.
It should be interesting to see CA go from brownouts to blackouts.
I understand that the batteries in the Dolt require a 240V source to charge them. Technically, 240V is not even available from the grid, but even at 220V, it only INCREASES the load on the grid. Brownouts, anyone?
This poses an interesting science and economics question. Assume that three thousand Atlanta residents are talked into buying one (tax credits for example). They all arrive at work around 0745. They will all plug into their office electrical system and soak up power immediately. For at least two to three hours...they will soak on the power until fully charged.
Then they drive home at 5PM, and at 5:30...they plug into their home electrical system...and soak for another three hours.
Each one of these will bump the local electrical grid. In July....I would think the Atlanta situation would be dire and there could be blackouts if the number of cars got up to 10,000 in quantity.
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I don’t think the grid can handle a charging heap of electric batteries
on top of this kind of stress.
Somebody is going to get an ear-full when the blackout start.
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I’m sure it will Bush’s fault.
To have not started about 200 new nuclear plants and a new “smart grid”.
A few weeks ago a caller to the overnight trucking show on WBAP AM
in Dallas had a great comment.
Someone (at a Presidential press conference) should ask Obama how
he expects the Volt to sell big if “under my plan, electricity rates
would necessarily skyrocket”.
The host said it would be fun to see Obama sweating out an answer to
that question.
(As good as showing “the emperor has no clothes”!!!)