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Volt battery life affected by hot weather, but 10 years means 10 years

During an information-heavy battery and technology update on the Chevy Volt's progress recently, GM said the following about the 16 kWh battery pack in the plug-in car: "The biggest challenge in testing is hot-weather storage of the vehicle. Currently, ten years of battery life is the norm, but some people could get more battery life depending on the climate where they live and their driving conditions. We understand that outside temperatures can have a big impact on how a battery operates and will affect the Volt as well, but the good ... Read more →

Audi pres walks back "Volt for idiots" comment some more, still loves diesels Sebastian Blanco

Audi North America President Johan de Nysschen has spent a lot of time thinking about his choice of words when he claimed only idiots would buy the Chevy Volt. He began to step away from his remarks ...

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

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 ...

GM shows off 120V and 240V chargers for 2011 Chevy Volt Sebastian Blanco

As part of the massive media blitz being rolled out today by General Motors in preparation for the new 230-mpg Chevy Volt and some B20 biodiesel trucks (more on these later), we finally got to see ...

LG Chem starts construction of new battery plant in South Korea Sam Abuelsamid

South Korean battery maker LG Chem is getting prepared to supply lithium ion cells General Motors for production of the Chevrolet Volt by building a new cell manufacturing facility. The company broke ...

GM: Volt on track, Voltec battery progressing well, next-gen will be better 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

There was one main message hammered home during a conference call on the Voltec plug-in hybrid propulsion system that GM held earlier today: even though the Chevy Volt is not yet finished, GM is getting the second and third generation Voltec systems ready. Sure, the GM representatives reassured us ...

BREAKING: Detroit 2009 - GM building Volt battery packs with LG Chem cells 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

After showing off its latest cars and concepts yesterday at the Detroit Auto Show, General Motors reserved its second press conference today for battery news. As has been rumored for months, South Korea's LG Chem has been selected to supply the lithium-ion cells that will power the Chevy Volt. ...

Bob Lutz finds out first-hand what happens when you run out of juice 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image above for more shots of Lutz and the Vectrix Bob Lutz, GM's formost Volt-pusher, loves himself some electric vehicles. As the owner of four (that's right... dude's got four!) Segways and a Vectrix Scooter, he's surely gotten used to the charging ritual. Still, accidents happen, ...

No $30K Chevy Volt without Congress' help 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/No_30K_Chevy_Volt_w_o_Congress_Help_GM_Requests_Tax_Break'; Since the inception of the Chevy Volt program in 2006, GM's goal has been to offer the range extended electric vehicle for a sub-$30,000 price point. That level has always been seen as the threshold to ...

Maximum Bob talks pure EV Volt, battery-free Volt and prototype drives! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Scott over at PetroZero had the opportunity to pose some questions to Bob Lutz the other day and, as always, the responses were interesting. First off is the idea of the E-Flex platform operating entirely free of batteries, with the engine/generator simply running continuously and feeding ...

Clarification of the Chevy Volt mule spy shots 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Apparently the the spy-shots of a Chevy Volt mule that turned up on-line late last night were not necessarily what they appeared to be. According to GM the photo's in question actually showed a ride and drive mule that is just testing suspension hardware. The gray car we saw earlier doesn't have ...

AutoblogGreen Q&A: GM Battery Director Denise Grey 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

After Bob Lutz made the announcement about the deal to work with A123 Systems on the cells for the Chevy Volt battery packs to be supplied by Continental, AutoblogGreen sat down to chat with GM's battery chief Denise Grey. Denise is responsible for the battery development work on all of GM's hybrid ...

A123 co-founder talks about developing batteries for the Chevy Volt 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Lyle over at the GM-Volt site managed to snag an interview Dr. Bart Riley. Dr. Riley is one of the co-founders and vice-president of R&D of Massachusetts based battery maker A123 Systems. A123 is one of the leaders in the field of designing and producing lithium ion cells. They are currently ...

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