Notes to 2009 GMC Sierra Hybrid Truck

The 2009 GMC Sierra Hybrid truck can run on fully electric till about 30mph even towing something. When it reaches that speed the 6.0L V-8 gas engine kicks in, with transmission gears returning to the original shifting pattern, and the gas engine economizes by running on 4, 6 or 8 cylinders, depending on how much power the truck requires to do the job. The truck has a 26 gallon gas tank, and GM expects a 500 mile cruising range. It has 19.6 mpg.

Response to 2010 Tesla Roadster

I think this research was a little helpful because it shows that a electric car can work just as good or better then a gas powered car. It does change my thinking because it makes me wonder if this whole electric car will really take off because the car is fairly new. The new ideas would be if they made other types of vehicles fully electric like trucks. The questions I would ask is the two questions earlier in the paragraph.

Notes on 2010 Tesla Roadster

This is a fully electric car. Its a 2-seat, open-top, rear-drive sports car. With Single speed fixed gear with electrically actuated parking lock mechanism and mechanical lubrication pump. The motor is 375 volt AC induction air-cooled electric motor with variable frequency drive. With output of 288 peak horsepower (215kW) and 273 lb-ft of torque. Redline at 14,000 rpm. The car goes from 0 to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds, and reaches speeds of 125 mph (electronically limited), and goes 244 miles on a single charge, and the battery life is seven years or 100,000 miles.

Second Peer Blog Response

Overall it was interesting reading your blog and I learned new information reading it. I didn't find your blog boring by any means but at some points I got thrown off by the spelling. I think that if you proofread your blog would come out a lot better. Problems you had were spelling words wrong, apostrophes, and not finishing words like you said "I" instead of "it". Your information was great and it was very useful but you should make better transitions to sentences instead of going straight to the information. One point you wrote "What I found helpful is I found..." and to me I didn't sound smooth and it made me stop reading and made me think about it which took my mind off your blog. I thought you found great websites and I liked how you mixed it up by asking a question in you Honda FCX notes and then you answered the question you asked. You just need to make your notes longer. I think you have a great topic and did well with the research you just need to work on the grammer and spelling. PROOFREAD. Overall good job.

http://www.auto-facts.org/hybridcar.html
This site might help for information.

second peer blog response

nicely done.

Second Peer Blog Response

I think the idea of this blog is great and is helpful. The world is changing and new more efficient cars are needed. I like the idea of new cars in the future and better more effective cars but i think it would also help to find other things like how cars in whole are improving and how fuel companies are improving and other things besides just the cars. Your notes are very brief and i think effects the length of the response. I like how you would ask a question then proceed to find an article that answered it int he next post. I think you should find more wide based articles to write notes and a response on. You did not have any citations of any of your articles and that is a problem. You need to give credit to all of the articles or your grade will greatly be effected. You also only have 3 notes and responses. Just take longer notes on more detailed articles. Your blog looks very good but you are missing an article and all citations and that needs to be done soon.

Reasponse to "How a Hybrid Car Works"

I found that this is helpful because I found out how a hybrid car works. I adds to what I have learned for the same reason being that I found out how a hybrid car works. It dosen't really change my thinking on anything but how they are going to improve the hybrid car in the future which leads to the question I would ask which is how will the hybrid car be improved in the future.

Notes on "How a Hybrid Car Works"

A hybrid car works as a regular internal combustion engine but with a electric motor to take over some of the cars power to lessin the amount of fuel used. A hybrid car does not need to be charged like a full electric car because the hybrids battery gets recharged by putting on the brakes because of the friction caused by braking is turned into electricity and stored away in the battery for later use.