UPDATE: Skype with Chevrolet Volt team live from 2010 Washington Auto Show on Tuesday, Jan. 26
Added by VoltAge admin
Monday, 25 January 2010 21:35
We're going to try something new and different tomorrow (Tuesday, Jan. 26) from media day for the 2010 Washington Auto Show. At 1:45 p.m. EST, you'll be able to Skype live with Chevrolet Volt global product manager Cristi Landy from the show floor. As you probably know already, the greater Washington D.C. area has been added to the list of lead retail launch markets for the Chevrolet Volt joining Michigan and California and we thought this would be a good opportunity for you to chat live with one of our Volt experts. To join the conversation, simply add the Skype name volt_moderator to your Skype contact list by 1 p.m. EST on Jan. 26. At 1:30 p.m., we'll begin pulling participants into the conversation queue so that we're ready to start promptly at 1:45 p.m. We'll try to fit in as many questions as we can in about about 30 minutes. And don't worry if you don't have Skype because you can watch all the action live here on Voltage or you can click through to our USTREAM show page here where we'll be live streaming the entire webcast. -Phil Colley, Advanced Technology Communications
I just read a comment from David Schramm about using Maxwell's caps on the Volt. I also left a commment on his site as follows:
There are newer UC technologies ready to be launched which GM should examine. GreenTech Media has cited several of them. I have investigated them all but only one stands out as being “disruptive”.
While all of the present competing UC technologies produce around 5 Farads per gram, (Thanks to Andrew Burke, UC Davis) one startup claims 100 F/g. That is the UC electrode developed and patented by Reticle Inc. of Los Altos Ca.
It seems that the reason for this is the way the activated carbon is consolidated. The present mfrs use binders which tend to occlude the pores of the AC, reducing both the surface area and conductivity. The “Big Three” stated at the World UC summit, last year that they can only get a max of 600 sq. meters per gram from 2000 sq. meter carbon. Additionally, they can only make thin film electrodes.
Reticle says they use a patented process which creates thicker electrode material without binders and can get 1800 sq. meters per gram. If this is true, they can dramatically reduce both weight and cost. Check it out for yourself. (I found a paper published on Ultracapacitors.org last year (. I also understand they won the Frost & Sullivan Award for Carbon Materials.
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... written by roy wilson,
January 26, 2010
Unfortunately, where I am, not set-up for Skype but I was just wondering if you have considered Ontario, Canada as a leading retail market; Southern Ontario (Toronto area) has to have the highest vehicle volume per capita and it seems to me that depending on whatever criteria you use to determine 'leading retail markets', a location in another country such as Canada might be appropriate. A good test bed for 'metric' analysis before going over-seas would be one example of a 'test bed', not to mention Ontario's desire to promote 'green' energy vehicles, etc. The province has already announced a $10,000. incentive to purchasers of these type of vehicles.
I also left a commment on his site as follows:
There are newer UC technologies ready to be launched which GM should examine. GreenTech Media has cited several of them. I have investigated them all but only one stands out as being “disruptive”.
While all of the present competing UC technologies produce around 5 Farads per gram, (Thanks to Andrew Burke, UC Davis) one startup claims 100 F/g. That is the UC electrode developed and patented by Reticle Inc. of Los Altos Ca.
It seems that the reason for this is the way the activated carbon is consolidated. The present mfrs use binders which tend to occlude the pores of the AC, reducing both the surface area and conductivity. The “Big Three” stated at the World UC summit, last year that they can only get a max of 600 sq. meters per gram from 2000 sq. meter carbon. Additionally, they can only make thin film electrodes.
Reticle says they use a patented process which creates thicker electrode material without binders and can get 1800 sq. meters per gram. If this is true, they can dramatically reduce both weight and cost. Check it out for yourself. (I found a paper published on Ultracapacitors.org last year (. I also understand they won the Frost & Sullivan Award for Carbon Materials.