Archive for June, 2007
GM-Volt EXCLUSIVE Interview/Podcast: Compact Power Inc. Executives Discuss Volt Battery Pack Development
In our last post, I presented an interview with Dr. Bart Riley of A123 Systems, one of the two companies GM awarded contracts to in order to develop the Volt’s battery packs. Now I’ve also had the opportunity to discuss the same issues with two top executives from the competitor company, Compact Power Inc. (CPI) [...]
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GM-Volt EXCLUSIVE: Interview and Podcast with A123 co-founder, CTO, and VP of R&D Bart Riley on Building the Volt’s Battery Pack
Today I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Bart Riley, co-founder, VP of R&D and CTO of A123 Systems. We discussed A123’s battery system and how they are going about making the Volt’s battery pack system.
This interview is important in that is reveals the first details available about A123’s plans since the June 5th [...]
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1000 Volts to be Produced by December 31, 2009
We have found a quote that is quite interesting. In this article, the author states that it is GM’s initial goal to produce 1000 Volts by the end of this decade. That means by end of 2009 by our count. As well, he reports that GM expects to sell 1 million [...]
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GM Sends in the Engineers
Today GM announced that they are moving 500 fuel cell experts out of the laboratory and on to the production front. Their collective work will focus on mass production of the 5th generation hydrogen fuel cell system that was unveiled in the Hydrogen Volt in Shanghai.What this means is that GM is serious about [...]
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Lithium-ion Battery War
As everyone knows by now, the battery war is on. GM has officially picked two companies to take their respective battery cells and figure out how to string them together and keep them cool so that they can power the car, handle many deep cycle drains, last at least 100,000 miles, and not evolve [...]
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GM-VOLT.COM Moderator Participates in Blogger Interview with Nick Zielinski, Chief Vehicle Engineer of the Volt and Gary Smyth, Director Powertrain Systems
Tonight, myself and several other bloggers including including Matt Kelly of Podtech, Sam Abuelsamid of AutoblogGreen, Todd Kaho of Green Car Journal, Scott Anderson of Hydrogen Forecast, Philip Proefrock from Ecogeek and Greenoptions, and Matt Mayer of GroovyGreen.com were given the wonderful opportunity to have a sincere and very interesting discussion about the development of [...]
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GM-VOLT.COM Moderator Participates in Blogger Interview With Micky Bly, Director of Hybrid Vehicle Integration
June 7, Detroit Michigan - Today, myself and several other bloggers including including Matt Kelly of Podtech, Sam Abuelsamid from AutoblogGreen, Todd Kaho of Green Car Journal, Scott Anderson of Hydrogen Forecast, Philip Proefrock from Ecogeek and Greenoptions, and Matt Mayer of GroovyGreen.com were given the opportunity to interview Micky Bly who is GM’s Director [...]
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GM-VOLT.COM Moderator at GM Headquarters
Your trusty moderator is here right now in the lobby of GM Headquarters in Detroit, awaiting a day of meetings with several GM executives critical to the developemnt of the Volt.
I will do my best to get our questions answered!
Latest news so far includes:
-a supposed quote from GM on Volt production in 2015 (way too [...]
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GM Awards Two Volt Battery Contracts
GM CEO Rick Wagoner announced today that 2 companies have been awarded contracts to develop the Lithium-ion battery packs that will power the Volt.
One went to Compact Power Inc (CPI) who will use batteries created by LG Chem. The other went to Continental Automotive Systems who will use A123 batteries.
Mr. Wagoner noted these contracts [...]
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Volt Questions Answered!
Nick Zielinski, Chief Vehicle Engineer of the Volt reads common enthusiasts questions and responds to them in a video statement. He specifically addresses the following questions with the following answers:
1) When the vehicle will be released - he wont say
2) How much it will cost - he wont say except “competitively-priced”
3) [...]
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Recent Posts
- Update: EnerDel’s Chairman on the Cost of the Th!nk Lithium-ion Battery Pack
- GM Marching to a New Beat: Expect Mutiple Volt Versions
- Exclusive: Interview With EnerDel Chairman Charles Gassenheimer
- Wall Street Journal Opinion - Chevy Volt Just a Political Tool
- GM on June Sales: Asia Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
- Artist’s Estimation of the Production Chevy Volt
- Should GM Skip the Volt and Just Make More Efficient Gas Cars?
- Continental Says Chances Good of Getting Volt Battery Contract
- Lutz Explains Why the EV-1 Can’t Simply Be Reintroduced
- Ford Calls the Chevy Volt a Hail Mary Play
