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GM provides update on Volt vehicle and battery development

General Motors offered an update this afternoon on the current status of the testing and development of the lithium ion batteries for the Chevy Volt. Chief Engineer Andrew Farah and battery engineering group manager Bill Wallace provided a run down on the work done so far. Since work started in earnest on the production program in early 2007, GM has gone from two initial battery development partners (LG Chem/CPI and A123 Systems/Continental) to selecting LG Chem to supply cells. GM also decided to design and build the battery pack in-house ... Read more →

GM: Volt won't become a brand name Jeremy Korzeniewski

The Chevrolet Volt isn't scheduled to hit the market for another whole year, but there's so much anticipation for the vehicle that some are already asking if The General will try to make a brand ...

Lutz: Chevy Orlando coming, could get Voltec powertrain Jeremy Korzeniewski

Before GM's financial woes got so out-of-hand that the giant automaker was forced to declare bankruptcy, plans were in place to bring the Orlando, a new seven-passenger multi-purpose vehicle, to ...

Webchat about the Volt with GM VP Jon Lauckner today Sam Abuelsamid

UPDATE: bumped this post to remind readers to join the chat if interested. General Motors is continuing its executive webchat series this week with Jon Lauckner, VP for Global Program Management. ...

Song remains the same: GM loses billions, Volt still on track Sebastian Blanco

GM's announced yesterday that it lost $6 billion in the first quarter of 2009. That's par for the course for the General these days. What's also pretty standard was the immediate confirmation ...

Rumormill: Vauxhall going after city car market with Trixx EV? 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Way back in 2004, GM's European arm put a toe in the water of the rapidly expanding city car market with its Opel Trixx concept. A few years later, though, GM's Carl-Peter Forster indicated that the automaker would not be entering that microcar market after all. Fast forward another couple of years ...

Rendered speculation: Chevrolet Sky-Volt? 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

One of the many unfortunate casualties of the financial apocalypse that is General Motors 2009 is loss of the Kappa platform. Kappa, for those who don't recall, is the small rear wheel drive platform that sits under the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. With both of those brands being discontinued ...

Cadillac Converj reportedly approved for production *UPDATED 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

At the Detroit Auto Show in January, Cadillac surprised the crowd with a gorgeous concept coupe called the Converj. Built on the same Voltec platform as the Chevy Volt, the Converj was seen as a potential way for GM to leverage the pricey ER-EV drivetrain in a vehicle that could sell at a premium ...

Will a version of the new Buick Excelle be the next Voltec model? 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The next-generation Buick Excelle has been spotted testing in the usual camouflage. The existing Excelle is only sold in China, but now that General Motors has decided that Buick will be one of its four core brands in the U.S. market, it seems likely that it could come over as part of an expanded ...

Auto task force to visit GM, Chrysler today to check out their vision 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Now that President Obama had appointed the task force that will study the future of the auto industry in this country, its time for them to get to work. The team spent last week looking over the latest viability plans from General Motors and Chrysler. Today, Steven Rattner and Ron Bloom, advisers ...

Geneva 2009: Opel goes Voltec, Ampera coming in late 2011 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

concept General Motors Europe boss Carl-Peter Forster began this morning's press conference in Geneva with an acknowledgment of the dire financial straights that the entire industry is experiencing right now. Forster also candidly admitted that GM is currently investigating all options when it ...

Opel releases official photo of new Ampera ER-EV 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last week, Opel staffers foolishly left the new Ampera parked outside its Russelsheim, Germany headquarters in plain view of a photographer. There were of course no real surprises in the resulting shots, sincee the Ampera is essentially a Chevy Volt with new front and rear fascias. Opel has now ...

Next gen GM hybrid pickups to get 50% better towing, Voltec possible 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors is currently in the midst of launching its hybrid full-size pickup trucks and our man Jeremy is in San Antonio this week to try them out. One thing about the auto industry is that as soon as you get one product out the door, you're already working on the next generation. Such is ...

GM will update the Chevy Volt throughout its life cycle 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors has said that it will continually update the software that runs its upcoming Chevy Volt. Unlike more traditional powertrains that center around an internal combustion engine, major parameters that govern how the Volt functions can and will be modified as real-world conditions ...

GM confirms Orlando for U.S., looking at making it a Voltec PHEV 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

In many ways, the future of the Voltec drivetrain is the future of GM. A big success with this plug-in architecture will go a long way to giving the company enough money to pay the American citizens back for that loan we gave them. The big question is how many vehicles will end up with the big ...

GM may not have enough cash for a production Cadillac Converj 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Regardless of how much fiscal sense it might make to produce a Cadillac-branded vehicle that features the Voltec drivetrain shared with the upcoming Chevy Volt, General Motors might not have enough money to take the Converj coupe (your fav) from concept to production. The always-quotable Bob Lutz ...

GM wants your help in producing alternative powertrains 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

What's it going to take to get electric vehicles proliferating our roadways in America? According to Larry Burns, GM Vice President of Research & Development, it's going to require the close cooperation of the government, automakers and suppliers, energy companies and you, the American public. ...

Detroit 2009: Cadillac Converj [w/VIDEO] 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Cadillac just took the wraps off a new concept based on the Chevy Volt's "Voltec" drivetrain (that's a new moniker, by the way). The angular coupe is called the Converj and it is drop-dead gorgeous. With styling that is instantly recognizable as Cadillac, Bob Lutz told us at the press conference ...


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