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Enter the rumormill: LG Chem is winning the Volt battery contract fight

When AutoblogGreen visited Bob Lutz's house for the Vectrix electric scooter delivery this week, GM's product development chief Bob Lutz gave us some pretty candid information about the Chevy Volt's progress. Take this tidbit, when Sam asked Lutz if GM has vehicles running with both the CPI (i.e., LG Chem) and the A123/Conti packs? "No. We're concentrating on one, but I'm not going to tell you who that is. They're both excellent battery companies, and they both have good companies for integration, but we feel that at this point we have a lower ... Read more →

SAE Congress '08: Q&A with Dr. Patil of Compact Power Sebastian Blanco

Lutz confirms Chevy Volt media rides in July, GM won't name battery supplier until late 2008 Sebastian Blanco

A little over ten days ago, GM's Bob Lutz told us that the Chevy Volt would not be ready for media drives until July. While that announcement was slightly newsworthy because it signaled a small ...

AutoblogGreen Q&A: Prabhakar Patil of Compact Power, Inc Sebastian Blanco

Video: GM's Jon Laukner shows off the first Volt battery pack at EVS23 Sam Abuelsamid

Enter the rumormill: LG Chem is winning the Volt battery contract fight 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

SAE Congress '08: Q&A with Dr. Patil of Compact Power 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

About a month ago, we spoke with Dr. Prabhakar Patil of Compact Power, Inc. about CPI's lithium-ion battery technology. We didn't want to miss the chance to chat in person during the SAE Congress this week, so we stopped by the CPI booth. The reason most AutoblogGreen readers would be following the ...

Lutz confirms Chevy Volt media rides in July, GM won't name battery supplier until late 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A little over ten days ago, GM's Bob Lutz told us that the Chevy Volt would not be ready for media drives until July. While that announcement was slightly newsworthy because it signaled a small delay/shifting of the timeline. Whatever. The news that the lithium-ion-powered mules would still be on ...

AutoblogGreen Q&A: Prabhakar Patil of Compact Power, Inc 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The other day, Dr. Prabhakar Patil of Compact Power, Inc. was up in Vancouver, BC for the Auto FutureTech Summit. While AutoblogGreen wasn't able to attend the show, we did get a hold of Dr. Patil on the phone for about 15 minutes to talk about CPI's lithium ion batteries and get Dr. Patil's ...

Video: GM's Jon Laukner shows off the first Volt battery pack at EVS23 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

During the Electric Drive Vehicle Symposium (EVS23) held this past week in Anaheim CA, attendees got the first public glimpse at the first prototype battery pack for the Chevy Volt. GM's Jon Lauckner, VP for Global Program Management gave a presentation at the conference that Matt Kelly from ...

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