Archive for August, 2008
GM’s Cobasys Battery Recall Update
As you might remember, a while back it came out that GM had to recall 9000 NiMh hybrid batteries that were made by Cobasys due to leakage.
As the likely to be popular 2-Mode Saturn VUE is due to arrive this fall, I thought it best to check in with GM on that status of that [...]
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Chevy Volt Still Expected to Get 50 mpg In ICE Mode After Battery Depleted
When the Chevy Volt concept was first introduced, GM indicated that when the vehicle was running on internal combustion engine (ICE) generator power, after the batteries charge was depleted, it would get 50 mpg.
Recently we found out that GM had decided on a different engine than it planned in the concept. Instead of being [...]
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GM Releases Pictures of the Chevy Cruze and Invests $500 Million to Build it in Ohio
The Chevy Cruze is GMs new compact car destined to replace the Cobalt and set to debut in the US in 2010. It could be considered the combustion sister-car to the Chevy Volt.
For the US market it will use the same 1.4 L engine (only turbocharged) as the Volt does for it’s generator, and [...]
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Chevy Volt Curb Weight Around 3520 Pounds
A report out of Autocar (UK) is entitled Chevrolet Volt in final phase.
The author explains a bit more about the current shift from Malivolt prototypes to the new vintage Andrew Farah recently told us about.
The article claims the new prototypes will be an Astra-derived package, indeed the article defines the Volt itself as Astra-derived.
It is [...]
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Lutz: Production Volt Has a CD Between .27 and .28 and Battery Extreme Cold Performance is Good
The second hour of Charlie Rose’ show was centered around an interview he had with GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz and an extensive discussion about the Chevy Volt. The video appears below the post. Some key excerpts:
Lutz said the Volt will be the most significant vehicle of his career.
He talked about the Volt’s historical [...]
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GM CEO’s Best Guess: Volt Will be Priced in “Mid to High 30’s”
GMs CEO Rick Wagoner was interviewed by Charlie Rose, the entire hour-long interview can be seen in the video below. On tonight’s upcoming episode Rose will interview Bob Lutz and talk even more about the Volt.
Some key exchanges between Rose and Wagoner is below (it begins in the video just after 28 minutes):
How much [...]
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The Dawn of the Next Vintage of Chevy Volt Developmental Vehicles
The road to the launch of the Volt is paved with many milestones. The first big one was delivery of the first lithium-ion battery packs, which took place Oct 31, 2007. The next was the running of the first early development vehicles, using those packs, which took place in mid-April.
Now GM is on [...]
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GM May Reveal the Production Chevy Volt on it Centennial Webcast, September 16th
GM has been gearing up for a high-intensity Centennial celebration set to take place on September 16th.
The Detroit Press is reporting that "GM may even unveil the production version of the Volt as part of a centennial day webcast."
This webcast is supposed to last 40 to 50 minutes, occur live from GM headquarters on the [...]
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GM Has More Than Two New E-Flex Vehicles Already at Scale-Model Stage of Development
As Bob Boniface, GM’s E-Flex design director told us in a recent interview, his team is already in the process of designing additional E-Flex vehicles. We have also heard that the drivetrain at present is only suitable for small and mid-sized cars. To build an E-Flex truck or SUV would require new engineering.
Bob [...]
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The Volt’s #1 Fanboy and Our Wait List Story is the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World”
I’ve been called a lot of things and here’s another.
Anyway, that’s what I’m called in the title of a new story about my effort, brought forth by John Voelcker who writes for Hybridcars.com, IEEE, and WIRED. Read it here: HybridCars
It is an extremely well-written article chronicling our efforts here and hopeful plans for the future.
You [...]
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GM’s Future Volt and E-Flex Plans
While getting the first Volt into production remains GMs focus right now, there’s no question they have big plans for E-Flex in the future.
In case you missed it, in my interview with Bob Boniface , E-Flex lead designer, he states clearly that he is already designing future E-Flex vehicles.
In today’s Detroit Press, Volt director Frank [...]
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GM’s Advanced Battery Director Denise Gray is “Keeping Her Eyes on the Future”
At no time in history has the content of automobiles undergone such a rapid shift. Calling the Volt a watershed event is an understatement.
Today GM’s advanced battery director Denise Gray spoke at the Traverse City CAR conference. She described the building of her battery program analogously to building a foundation for the future. [...]
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