Comments on: GM May Acquire Hybrid Battery Supplier Cobasys

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:18:38 +0000

75th

By: Rogelio Cisneros

Rogelio Cisneros — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:42:21 +0000

Just release the Volt let us worry about the batteries,someone is going to modify it anyway for better range.

By: RB

RB — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:49:00 +0000

I agree with nasaman that battery production can be highly automated. “Can be” is not the same for Li-ion auto batteries as “has been done” however. Getting anything automated that involves physically big items requires careful planning, careful execution, some trials with some failures, and then ultimately something really good. Done too hastily you get batteries that leak (or worse). I am thinking “highly automated” maybe by gen2 of the Volt.

By: N Riley

N Riley — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:25:12 +0000

nasaman #64

Thanks for the information about battery production. That would be really good if they could automate most if not all of the production. That was one of my worries and I had to “vent” it to the blog to see if someone knew more about it than I do. Maybe their is real hope they can deliver mass production of the “Volt like” vehicles.

By: Grizzly

Grizzly — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:00:33 +0000

Paul-R #70

Understand, but there is no reason they can’t move factories to another state, like Toyota and Honda which only operate in right to work states.

This should have been done a long time ago.