On 28/11/2018 13:30, Jeroen Belleman wrote:> Clive Arthur wrote: >> On 27/11/2018 18:08, gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com wrote: >>> I am not at all happy to say the Volt production will be ending as >>> part of GM's cut backs. >>> >>> GM is laying off thousands of workers, closing three plants, and >>> ending production of the Chevy Volt >> >> <snip> >> >> On my newsreader, this comes directly after 'New definition of SI >> units', so perhaps there's a new definition of the volt which has >> dropped slightly? > > > I haven't come across the BIPM's definition for the volt, > but in practice --since the late 1980's-- it has been some > number of Josephson junctions in series, excited with some > given frequency. So really it has been tied to h, e and > the second for quite some time already. > > Jeroen BellemanBut GM is a US company, so they probably used US Survey Inches which are a little less than the 25.4mm 'metric' standard. Cheers -- Clive
GM Is Dropping the Volt
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Clive Arthur wrote...> > ... US Survey Inches which are a little > less than the 25.4mm 'metric' standard.?? -- Thanks, - Win
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bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in news:n0lLD.1082332$Vl2.636158@fx46.iad:> Backpedaling already, so were they only available to lease or not? Which > is itNot backpedaling, you retarded fuck. I was disputing your 'from day one' claim. Learn to read, dipshit.
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bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in news:h3mLD.965415$LK2.437497@fx36.iad:> , from the > outset.wrong. Initially lease only. I was there.
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bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in news:qhmLD.884577$3L2.664474@fx44.iad:> For your edificationThis group does not need your retarded baby bullshit posts of car picture links. Grow the fuck up, jackass.
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On 28/11/2018 14:11, Winfield Hill wrote:> Clive Arthur wrote... >> >> ... US Survey Inches which are a little >> less than the 25.4mm 'metric' standard. > > ?? > ><wikipedia> US Survey inches The United States retains the 1/39.37-metre definition for survey purposes, producing a 2 millionth part difference between standard and US survey inches. This is approximately 1/8 inch per mile. In fact, 12.7 kilometres is exactly 500,000 standard inches and exactly 499,999 survey inches. This difference is significant when doing calculations in State Plane Coordinate Systems with coordinate values in the hundreds of thousands or millions of feet. </wikipedia> Cheers -- Clive
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On 28/11/2018 14:23, Clive Arthur wrote:> On 28/11/2018 14:11, Winfield Hill wrote: >> Clive Arthur wrote... >>> >>> ... US Survey Inches which are a little >>> less than the 25.4mm 'metric' standard. >> >> ?? >> >> > <wikipedia> > > US Survey inches > The United States retains the 1/39.37-metre definition for survey > purposes, producing a 2 millionth part difference between standard and > US survey inches. This is approximately 1/8 inch per mile. In fact, 12.7 > kilometres is exactly 500,000 standard inches and exactly 499,999 survey > inches. This difference is significant when doing calculations in State > Plane Coordinate Systems with coordinate values in the hundreds of > thousands or millions of feet. > > </wikipedia> >So actually, slightly more, oops. They must have redefined the volt using 'metric' inches. Cheers -- Clive
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Clive Arthur <cliveta@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote in news:ptm2sc$1ua$1@dont-email.me:> On 27/11/2018 18:08, gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com wrote: >> I am not at all happy to say the Volt production will be ending as >> part of GM's cut backs. >> >> GM is laying off thousands of workers, closing three plants, and >> ending production of the Chevy Volt > > <snip> > > On my newsreader, this comes directly after 'New definition of SI > units', so perhaps there's a new definition of the volt which has > dropped slightly? > > CheersYeah, it is only in femtovolts though... the change. It is tracking with the losses in the kilogram standard. Heheh...
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Clive Arthur <cliveta@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote in news:ptm8ha$84q$2@dont-email.me:> On 28/11/2018 14:23, Clive Arthur wrote: >> On 28/11/2018 14:11, Winfield Hill wrote: >>> Clive Arthur wrote... >>>> >>>> ... US Survey Inches which are a little >>>> less than the 25.4mm 'metric' standard. >>> >>> ?? >>> >>> >> <wikipedia> >> >> US Survey inches >> The United States retains the 1/39.37-metre definition for survey >> purposes, producing a 2 millionth part difference between standard >> and US survey inches. This is approximately 1/8 inch per mile. In >> fact, 12.7 kilometres is exactly 500,000 standard inches and exactly >> 499,999 survey inches. This difference is significant when doing >> calculations in State Plane Coordinate Systems with coordinate values >> in the hundreds of thousands or millions of feet. >> >> </wikipedia> >> > > So actually, slightly more, oops. They must have redefined the volt > using 'metric' inches. > > CheersUS auto makers have been metric since the sixties.
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On 11/27/2018 01:40 PM, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:> On Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 1:08:59 PM UTC-5, gnuarm.del...@gmail.com wrote: >> I am not at all happy to say the Volt production will be ending as part of GM's cut backs. >> >> GM is laying off thousands of workers, closing three plants, and ending production of the Chevy Volt >> https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/26/18112536/gm-layoffs-factory-closing-ending-production-chevy-volt >> >> From what has been posted here the Volt was an excellent hybrid auto with a lot going for it. I'm sorry to see it go. I wonder why sales were never very high? >> >> On the other hand, with all the advanced electronics on board, maybe this will help with the shortages of the larger surface mount passives. >> >> Rick C. >> >> Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209 > > They can't give them away, a terrible design. > > https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1120090_gm-to-kill-chevy-volt-production-in-2019 >You don't know what you missed, fella. I'm sorry for that. :)
