Russell, Tony, Mark, and Patrick General Motors is shuttering the factory that manufactures the Volt, a week before Christmas. Is this the end of the vehicle or are they moving production? Germans can sleep in on garbage day. Volvo introduces their new EV garbage trucks. German EV manufacturer e.GO to introduce new, bare-bones EV for European market. Mark drove his Model 3 from Waterloo, CA to Orlando, FL and back. And he stole electricity in OH. Hydrogen still sucks. Mark has driven his Volt in EV more than 97% of the time over 19,800 miles.
Last garbage day here, walking the dog, the streets slick from recent rain, started noticing rainbow-coloured (gas? diesel?) bloom, every 50 feet or so. Kudos to Volvo for an all-electric garbage truck! (Oh, spoiler...) Actually caught up with one truck, possibly the one leaking (they seem to make multiple runs through the neighbourhood), but the guys were basically "we just drive 'em".
They're talking about "Jolt" IIRC? I kinda breezed through that segment, only about half way thru so far.
I'm taking it in small sips. To answer question posed in the video: "a quarter of a liter" is roughly equivalent to a quarter of a quart, which is: a cup (aka 8 oz).
Yeah. The announced that they were nixing the Volt. However, it would be a much smarter move for them to replace it with something all-electric and - perhaps - give it a new name. Something less confusing, like the Chevy Kruze.
That's exactly what I said! Probably lost in the cross-talk. At a company dinner, we got into a conversion discussion with international coworkers. Someone asked how many liters were in a gallon and I said, matter of factly, "four, for all sakes and purposes." Someone argued with me. I said, "a liter is close to a quart and for this conversation, it's safe to say that there are four liters to a gallon." Again, that guy argued with me. So I pressed him: "where are you getting your conversion rate?" He said, "I just have a gut feeling that a liter is nothing like a quart. Where are you getting yours?" "The next time you take a leak," I said, "read the top of the urinal. It will most likely say '1 gallon per flush (3.8 liters).' Since there are four quarts in a gallon, that makes a liter approximately .95 quarts which, as I said, it close enough for this conversation. I'll take that urinal over your gut any day."
