Comments on: General Motors First Hybrid; from 1969! http://gas2.org/2009/05/27/general-motors-first-hybrid-from-1969/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Thu, 24 May 2012 23:24:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: hannah j http://gas2.org/2009/05/27/general-motors-first-hybrid-from-1969/#comment-9788 hannah j Fri, 29 May 2009 04:52:01 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=2468#comment-9788 i drove a standard opel kadett in 1966. 65mph going downhill with a tailwind was as fast as i could or should have gone. i commuted to disneyland though, so what did i care. anyway, safety standards were really different back then, the seats were one step up from lawn chairs, everything was metal, and probably would have skewered you in a wreck. it was a cute, flimsy piece of junk. with the speeds everyone 'thinks' they need to drive these days, i think the challenge is to make a safe car for those high speeds. i would just as much prefer to slow down, myself, but if you have a monster truck coming up fast in your rearview mirror, you can't be a sitting duck if they're ready to push you out of the way. wouldn't it be great if we had trains with car carriers going all the way across the country??? then you could have your little limited mileage volt or whatever, for your destination, or a leisurely trip back. i drove a standard opel kadett in 1966. 65mph going downhill with a tailwind was as fast as i could or should have gone. i commuted to disneyland though, so what did i care. anyway, safety standards were really different back then, the seats were one step up from lawn chairs, everything was metal, and probably would have skewered you in a wreck. it was a cute, flimsy piece of junk. with the speeds everyone ‘thinks’ they need to drive these days, i think the challenge is to make a safe car for those high speeds. i would just as much prefer to slow down, myself, but if you have a monster truck coming up fast in your rearview mirror, you can’t be a sitting duck if they’re ready to push you out of the way. wouldn’t it be great if we had trains with car carriers going all the way across the country??? then you could have your little limited mileage volt or whatever, for your destination, or a leisurely trip back.

]]> By: hannah j http://gas2.org/2009/05/27/general-motors-first-hybrid-from-1969/#comment-32511 hannah j Fri, 29 May 2009 04:52:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=2468#comment-32511 i drove a standard opel kadett in 1966. 65mph going downhill with a tailwind was as fast as i could or should have gone. i commuted to disneyland though, so what did i care. anyway, safety standards were really different back then, the seats were one step up from lawn chairs, everything was metal, and probably would have skewered you in a wreck. it was a cute, flimsy piece of junk. with the speeds everyone 'thinks' they need to drive these days, i think the challenge is to make a safe car for those high speeds. i would just as much prefer to slow down, myself, but if you have a monster truck coming up fast in your rearview mirror, you can't be a sitting duck if they're ready to push you out of the way. wouldn't it be great if we had trains with car carriers going all the way across the country??? then you could have your little limited mileage volt or whatever, for your destination, or a leisurely trip back. i drove a standard opel kadett in 1966. 65mph going downhill with a tailwind was as fast as i could or should have gone. i commuted to disneyland though, so what did i care. anyway, safety standards were really different back then, the seats were one step up from lawn chairs, everything was metal, and probably would have skewered you in a wreck. it was a cute, flimsy piece of junk. with the speeds everyone ‘thinks’ they need to drive these days, i think the challenge is to make a safe car for those high speeds. i would just as much prefer to slow down, myself, but if you have a monster truck coming up fast in your rearview mirror, you can’t be a sitting duck if they’re ready to push you out of the way. wouldn’t it be great if we had trains with car carriers going all the way across the country??? then you could have your little limited mileage volt or whatever, for your destination, or a leisurely trip back.

]]> By: Electricnick http://gas2.org/2009/05/27/general-motors-first-hybrid-from-1969/#comment-9787 Electricnick Thu, 28 May 2009 17:16:26 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=2468#comment-9787 Great catch! Any schematics or further insights on the Stir-Lec engine? The Electricnick.com team. Great catch! Any schematics or further insights on the Stir-Lec engine?

The Electricnick.com team.

]]> By: Electricnick http://gas2.org/2009/05/27/general-motors-first-hybrid-from-1969/#comment-32510 Electricnick Thu, 28 May 2009 17:16:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=2468#comment-32510 Great catch! Any schematics or further insights on the Stir-Lec engine? The Electricnick.com team. Great catch! Any schematics or further insights on the Stir-Lec engine?

The Electricnick.com team.

]]> By: Christopher DeMorro http://gas2.org/2009/05/27/general-motors-first-hybrid-from-1969/#comment-9786 Christopher DeMorro Thu, 28 May 2009 03:09:52 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=2468#comment-9786 They sold what people bought, and EcoGeek I was more referring to the whole gas/electric combo thing...hell, Ford was toying around with the idea of nuclear-powered cars, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it, as the saying goes. So I say its more we all reap what we sowed. Nerts. They sold what people bought, and EcoGeek I was more referring to the whole gas/electric combo thing…hell, Ford was toying around with the idea of nuclear-powered cars, but if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, as the saying goes.

So I say its more we all reap what we sowed. Nerts.

]]> By: Ken Bosar http://gas2.org/2009/05/27/general-motors-first-hybrid-from-1969/#comment-9785 Ken Bosar Wed, 27 May 2009 23:31:59 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=2468#comment-9785 It's true that GM and the other big three are NOT the evil empire, and maybe they did toy around with "futuristic" concepts. But nevertheless, the companies lacked the wisdom and insight to push such concepts into production or even into further research and development. As a result, they must now reap what they sowed. It’s true that GM and the other big three are NOT the evil empire, and maybe they did toy around with “futuristic” concepts. But nevertheless, the companies lacked the wisdom and insight to push such concepts into production or even into further research and development. As a result, they must now reap what they sowed.

]]> By: Ken Bosar http://gas2.org/2009/05/27/general-motors-first-hybrid-from-1969/#comment-32509 Ken Bosar Wed, 27 May 2009 23:31:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=2468#comment-32509 It's true that GM and the other big three are NOT the evil empire, and maybe they did toy around with "futuristic" concepts. But nevertheless, the companies lacked the wisdom and insight to push such concepts into production or even into further research and development. As a result, they must now reap what they sowed. It’s true that GM and the other big three are NOT the evil empire, and maybe they did toy around with “futuristic” concepts. But nevertheless, the companies lacked the wisdom and insight to push such concepts into production or even into further research and development. As a result, they must now reap what they sowed.

]]> By: EcoGeek http://gas2.org/2009/05/27/general-motors-first-hybrid-from-1969/#comment-9784 EcoGeek Wed, 27 May 2009 21:19:42 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=2468#comment-9784 That car DOES NOT use the same premise as the Prius. The Prius uses both electricity and direct mechanical power from the engine to propel it. The car in the ad uses electricity only...which is generated by the engine. Also, GM has apparently taken these plans out of mothballs...for the past couple of years. It's called the Chevy Volt. Look it up. I agree that it should have been developed since then (we'd be a lot farther along than we are now, but they didn't have Li or NiMH batteries back then either.) That car DOES NOT use the same premise as the Prius. The Prius uses both electricity and direct mechanical power from the engine to propel it. The car in the ad uses electricity only…which is generated by the engine. Also, GM has apparently taken these plans out of mothballs…for the past couple of years. It’s called the Chevy Volt. Look it up. I agree that it should have been developed since then (we’d be a lot farther along than we are now, but they didn’t have Li or NiMH batteries back then either.)

]]> By: EcoGeek http://gas2.org/2009/05/27/general-motors-first-hybrid-from-1969/#comment-32508 EcoGeek Wed, 27 May 2009 21:19:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=2468#comment-32508 That car DOES NOT use the same premise as the Prius. The Prius uses both electricity and direct mechanical power from the engine to propel it. The car in the ad uses electricity only...which is generated by the engine. Also, GM has apparently taken these plans out of mothballs...for the past couple of years. It's called the Chevy Volt. Look it up. I agree that it should have been developed since then (we'd be a lot farther along than we are now, but they didn't have Li or NiMH batteries back then either.) That car DOES NOT use the same premise as the Prius. The Prius uses both electricity and direct mechanical power from the engine to propel it. The car in the ad uses electricity only…which is generated by the engine. Also, GM has apparently taken these plans out of mothballs…for the past couple of years. It’s called the Chevy Volt. Look it up. I agree that it should have been developed since then (we’d be a lot farther along than we are now, but they didn’t have Li or NiMH batteries back then either.)

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