Thread: Volt mileage
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Old 08-15-2009, 09:49 AM   #98
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Originally Posted by PolarBear View Post
The Volt really isnt new technology, just new to GM for the most part. The Tesla Roadster is basically the same thing but 100% battery
Battery technolgy is the same. LithIon battery isnt new, im on one righ now.
Hooking up an engine to a generator, which recharge the batteries, which drive the car, and making several thousands of them a year, in a robotic factory, with a 10/150k mile warranty, for under 40k....
Tesla cant do that.

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Originally Posted by cbrrmike View Post
ugh whys everything gotta be heavier, just put smaller wheels on the damn thing.

and the cable.....how is it a suppliers fault, if the cable gets routed along the car on gm's assembly line?
Wheels aren tthe problem. The problem is that I belive after the pads wear down 1/2 way, there is a squeal that is amplified by the lightness of the caliper. The vibration is dampened by additional weights placed on the caliper.

Cable's insulation was faulty.
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