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Title: Chevy's Low Voltage Troubles
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URL Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog ... evys_low_voltage_troubles.html
Published: Aug 9, 2011
Author: Scott Mayer
Post Date: 2011-08-09 07:14:11 by CZ82
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Views: 1770
Comments: 6
Chevy's Low Voltage Troubles Scott Mayer "Only 125 Volts" is the first thing that caught my eye in an article I stumbled upon from the National Legal and Policy Center. As I come from an electrical background, I would agree that 125 Volts is nothing to get too excited about, but this article wasn't teaching you how to replace a circuit breaker, instead it was discussing the total brown-out of Chevy Volt sales in the month of July. "Only 125 Volts were sold during the month of July." Somehow I doubt this comes as a major shock to anyone with the slightest amount of good business sense. While 125 Volts is fairly low as far as voltages go, it most certainly will get your attention if you accidently come in contact with it (please just trust me on this). On the other hand, it's going to take much higher Volt-age sales numbers to attract investors' attention and give them confidence in GM's "business" decisions. In order for power transmission to work over great distances, power companies must step-up the vVoltage to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Volts. Using a lower Voltage produces too many losses and is simply not sustainable over long distances (speaking of Voltage drop, 1 Chevy Volt can only travel about 40 miles). Similarly, if GM wants to finally become sustainable it will have to reduce its losses and step-up the Voltage. In this case it will need to sell many, many thousands of Volts. In the real world (not in la la land) the way a company does this is by offering a product or service that the public actually wants, and is willing to buy, in a sufficient enough quantity as to make the company a profit (or at least break even). Following a President's social agenda instead of listening to the market is very bad business and means that the program will need to be subsidized by the sales of other profitable products or worse. Electrical safety is no laughing matter and if the rules aren't properly followed someone is going to get hurt or something will get broken. The same can be said for the rules of economics, which is fine if a company is forced to live (or die) by its decisions, but sadly the last time GM broke those rules it was the US taxpayer who got fried. Are taxpayers being set-up for another shock at some point in the future?
Poster Comment: I thought these things were selling like hot cakes?????
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#1. To: CZ82 (#0)
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No cars are selling like hotcakes. But the fact that the "right" wants innovation to fail is duly noted.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
You call that innovation?? LOL...... My dog could design and market something better than that...... I could probably go just as far on a golf cart, and that's old technology!!!! And for a whole lot less money, and it wouldn't be taxpayer subsidized.....
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Great...have him do so.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
But the fact that the "right" wants innovation to fail is duly noted. I know when I think of the terms "innovation" and "automobiles", I naturally think of the ones produced by the State
But the fact that the "right" wants innovation to fail is duly noted. The local Ford dealership is selling about one a week. Their biggest complaint is that so many more now have bad credit and the banks won't loan.
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#2. To: war (#1)
But the fact that the "right" wants innovation to fail is duly noted.
#3. To: CZ82 (#2)
You call that innovation?? LOL...... My dog could design and market something better than that......
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#4. To: war (#1)
Following a President's social agenda instead of listening to the market is very bad business and means that the program will need to be subsidized by the sales of other profitable products or worse.
#5. To: CZ82 (#0)
#6. To: war (#1)
No cars are selling like hotcakes.
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