Recently a commenter here suggested he had inside information about thermal regulation problems with the Volt prototype battery packs. Here is his comment:
My brother in law is an engineer for this product and said there’s NO WAY it will work as designed. The battery will never be perfected, gets way too hot (much like a laptop) and they have NO effective solution for this. Sorry, better have a back up plan.
I tried to contact this person, but they were unavailable for comment. Statements like this are very concerning to us here; we don’t want to spread rumors, but on the other hand we do wish to reveal the truth. I reached out to GM for any comments on this matter.
Here is the GM E-Flex team spokesperson’s official response:
Thermal management is a challenge, but one the E-flex team is confident engineering solutions will overcome. That said, the team has been very pleased with the test results of both CPI batteries. In fact, I spoke with a member of the battery team last week – he was extremely pleased with the results – I haven’t spoken to him since, but I also haven’t seen any e-mail traffic that would indicate there have been any issues. Not sure who the insider is, but his info doesn’t sync with what I know.
Happy New Year to All!
