Everyone hopes that the Volt will be launched in 2010. Including GM. But there are big possibilities for this not to happen. Reason? Battery! GM is still making big efforst to develop the technology required to produce a battery-powered car for the masses. "We continue to put massive resources into production as soon as possible."
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he massive fan in GM’s aero lab wind tunnel has been cranked up to full blast as GM’s designers and engineers work to optimize the aerodynamics of the Chevrolet Volt as part of the quest to make the breakthrough concept car a production reality. Aerodynamic improvement is a critical step in meeting the range targets necessary for moving the vehicle to a final production decision.
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That is the production targeted by General Motors for the introductory year of the
Chevrolet Volt, according to Bloomberg News. Bloomberg said the information came from a GM insider. GM’s Robert Lutz has predicted the Volt’s introduction by late 2010.
At that production level, GM would be building four times as many Volts in the introductory year as Toyota did of the Prius in its first year on the market. Putting that into perspective,
Chevrolet plans to produce as many Volts (..
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General Motors Corp. and A123Systems, Inc. will co-develop cells with A123System’s nanophosphate battery chemistry for a long-lasting, safe and powerful battery for use in GM’s electric drive E-Flex system. The agreement is expected to expedite the development of the batteries for both electric plug-in vehicles and fuel cell variants of the E-Flex architecture.
"Breakthrough battery technology will drive future automotive propulsion, and the company that aligns with the best (...)
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According to a report in the Detroit Free Press, engineers developing a lithium ion battery system for the car have been driving a rough prototype models as part of the development program. The disclosure came in testimony before a Congressional committee last week by David Vieau, chief executive officer of A123 Systems.
His company is developing lithium ion batteries designed to be used in the Volt. A General Motors spokesman, Brian Corbett, stated that the Volts currently being (...)
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H2 Daily, a website devoted to daily reporting of hydrogen fuel cell advances, is reporting that General Motors “was all set and ready for production” of the Chevrolet Volt “when GM decided to take another look at” the Volt and delay production so that it could use “a newly developed 5th generation hydrogen fuel cell. The fuel cell promises absolutely no tailpipe emissions ever.”
According to the website, the “Volt Fuel Cell is identical in every external way to the Volt Extended Range Vehicle (...)
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Only two days ago, General Motors announced that it had given contracts to two suppliers for further research on lithium ion batteries, the batteries required for production of the Chevrolet Volt. Yet, at almost the same time, GM leaked the timetable for the Volt as 2015, five years behind the schedule which had been rumored.
Now comes a new development.
Technology Review, a website from MIT, has published an article claiming that GM has conquored the battery problems which have (...)
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The Chevrolet Volt concept sedan, powered by the E-flex System – GM’s next-generation electric propulsion system – could nearly eliminate trips to the gas station.
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