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    GM invests $8 million to double size of high-tech battery lab, replacing some engine dynamometers to make room     1271275380

    Bill Wallace showing off the Volt cell and battery pack – Click above for high-res image gallery
    How do you take the world's largest and most technologically advanced automotive battery lab and make it even better? Double the size, of course. With an additional investment of $8 million, ...

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    Future Voltec battery will be smaller, die sooner     1269626460

    General Motors realizes that it will need to get the cost of its Voltec drivetrain down in order to stay competitive and allow it to more easily be integrated into other, differently-sized vehicles. Since the battery is the most expensive part of the system, that's where the focus on cost-cutting ...

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    Video: Watch the Volt battery go shake-shake-shake     1261061940

    General Motors has promised that when the Chevy Volt goes on sale about a year from now, it's battery will carry a 10 year/150,000 mile warranty. That means GM is not designing it to be be replaced after 2-3 years like a phone or laptop battery. In fact, given that the pack is expected to ...

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    REPORT: GM to build its own electric motors, control systems     1250111280

    Chevy Volt battery pack - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Sure, General Motors has outsourced production of the individual battery cells to LG Chem, but the American automaker isn't willing to give up much control over the Volt's extended-range EV powertrain. According to a report on ...

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    Possible reasons A123 lost the Chevy Volt contract     1226966280

    As we reported a few months back, all signs point to Compact Power, a subsidiary of LG Chem, being awarded the big initial battery contract for the upcoming Chevy Volt. Why? There are some obvious reasons, including that Compact Power was able to get its battery packs to the General a full two ...

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    GM Battery director Denise Gray on the Volt battery contracts     1181057940

    Denise Gray, who was named the Director, Hybrid Energy Storage Systems for General Motors a few months ago, has put up a post on the GM FastLane blog. She discusses the company's commitment to making E-Flex based vehicles a production reality. Although only two contracts were awarded based on the ...

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