Take a look at the new power
plant that GM is making for the oncoming electric car revolution. It should be blindingly obvious that the days
of the automobile mechanic are seriously numbered. There will still be some level of maintenance
but it is surely a fraction of what has been demanded historically.
I expect that the transition will
take approximately a decade during which the service component of the
automotive industry will sharply decline.
Recall that the automotive industry is also giving up a huge component
of their cash flow stream with the pending reduction of warranty work. Thus their initial lack of enthusiasm for
electrics.
With mass production underway in
China for an electric with a 180 mile effective range, the foot dragging is
truly over and we now begin a race for range and market share in a completely
new world of consumer automobile products.
Expect to be able to buy a
satisfactory product in the 2013 model and to have an excellent long range
product readily available for the 2015 models.
By then, other sales will begin to seriously fall and full conversion
will be reality by 2020.
GM shows 85 kW permanent magnet EV motor
By Gizmag Team
05:11 October 31, 2011
GM's new permanent magnet EV motor
General Motors will become the first American automotive manufacturer
to build its own electric motors when production begins in White Marsh, Md.
Currently, GM uses electric motors as part of the propulsion system in
nine vehicles including the Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet Malibu Eco, Chevrolet
Silverado Hybrid, Buick Lacrosse eAssist, Buick Regal eAssist, GMC Sierra
Hybrid, GMC Yukon and Yukon Denali Hybrid, and Cadillac Escalade Hybrid.
GM is focused on the development of permanent magnet and induction
motors for a variety of applications, and the White Marsh facility will produce
such motors for the Spark and other, as-yet-unnamed future vehicles.
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