Comments on: Compact Power/LG Chem to Produce and Assemble Battery Packs for GMs 2-Mode Plugin Hybrid, Not GM http://gm-volt.com/2009/09/29/compact-powerlg-chem-to-produce-and-assemble-battery-packs-for-gms-2-mode-plugin-hybrid-not-gm/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:56:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Doctorset http://gm-volt.com/2009/09/29/compact-powerlg-chem-to-produce-and-assemble-battery-packs-for-gms-2-mode-plugin-hybrid-not-gm/#comment-158675 Doctorset Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:05:15 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1830#comment-158675 This is the welcome page for the dentaldoctor.us Association web site. This is the welcome page for the dentaldoctor.us Association web site.

]]> By: early green http://gm-volt.com/2009/09/29/compact-powerlg-chem-to-produce-and-assemble-battery-packs-for-gms-2-mode-plugin-hybrid-not-gm/#comment-155452 early green Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:29:44 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1830#comment-155452 Having driven the Equinox hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, and work closely on the Volt and the CPI batteries. The combination of these two technlogies make the most sense long term. Use the fuel cell to recharge once the battery charge is below 30%. This gets away from the internal combustion engine altogether. The difficulty comes from the lack of infrastructure to support Hydrogen refueling. By the way, the Fuel Cell Equinox rocks! Extremely good excelleration and quiet beyond belief. Having driven the Equinox hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, and work closely on the Volt and the CPI batteries. The combination of these two technlogies make the most sense long term. Use the fuel cell to recharge once the battery charge is below 30%. This gets away from the internal combustion engine altogether. The difficulty comes from the lack of infrastructure to support Hydrogen refueling.

By the way, the Fuel Cell Equinox rocks! Extremely good excelleration and quiet beyond belief.

]]> By: Finally, a Volt battery price… sort of… | Sequence Omega http://gm-volt.com/2009/09/29/compact-powerlg-chem-to-produce-and-assemble-battery-packs-for-gms-2-mode-plugin-hybrid-not-gm/#comment-150569 Finally, a Volt battery price… sort of… | Sequence Omega Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:13:08 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1830#comment-150569 [...] only 10,000 units (maybe) for the first year, and battery packs will be assembled mostly by hand (see the 2nd to last paragraph) and more automation will be added to ramp production. It also doesn’t include any warranty, [...] [...] only 10,000 units (maybe) for the first year, and battery packs will be assembled mostly by hand (see the 2nd to last paragraph) and more automation will be added to ramp production. It also doesn’t include any warranty, [...]

]]> By: Shock Me http://gm-volt.com/2009/09/29/compact-powerlg-chem-to-produce-and-assemble-battery-packs-for-gms-2-mode-plugin-hybrid-not-gm/#comment-149797 Shock Me Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:19:09 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1830#comment-149797 Seeing as how they were designed to include retro style references to bodywork from the 1940s I presume the more modern features are the elements that are now 'dated'? Seeing as how they were designed to include retro style references to bodywork from the 1940s I presume the more modern features are the elements that are now ‘dated’?

]]> By: Noel Park http://gm-volt.com/2009/09/29/compact-powerlg-chem-to-produce-and-assemble-battery-packs-for-gms-2-mode-plugin-hybrid-not-gm/#comment-149777 Noel Park Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:34:57 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1830#comment-149777 N Riley & Luke: Sorry to be so slow on this, but I tried it yesterday and it wouldn't post. had to leave and couldn't reboot. My S-10 gets 25 mpg every tank, about 1/2 city and 1/2 highway. Yes, it is a 4 cyl stick, because gas mileage was/is a big issue. We have lowered it, put on a fibergalss bed cover, alloy wheels, and a BIG front air dam, all of which help a bit. I drive it HARD, 75 mph on the freeway whenever possible, and flat on the floor up the hills around my home. If you carry a passenger, you have to go down a gear, LOL. I do coast back down however, hehehe. It has 231 K miles on it, and is still running strong. As to "Bonk", my older son recently got rid of his 2 year old Tacoma because the poor gas mileage was killing him. the Tacoma has the same problem as the Colorado. It got too big and too heavy at just the wrong time. N Riley & Luke:

Sorry to be so slow on this, but I tried it yesterday and it wouldn’t post. had to leave and couldn’t reboot.

My S-10 gets 25 mpg every tank, about 1/2 city and 1/2 highway. Yes, it is a 4 cyl stick, because gas mileage was/is a big issue. We have lowered it, put on a fibergalss bed cover, alloy wheels, and a BIG front air dam, all of which help a bit.

I drive it HARD, 75 mph on the freeway whenever possible, and flat on the floor up the hills around my home. If you carry a passenger, you have to go down a gear, LOL. I do coast back down however, hehehe.

It has 231 K miles on it, and is still running strong.

As to “Bonk”, my older son recently got rid of his 2 year old Tacoma because the poor gas mileage was killing him. the Tacoma has the same problem as the Colorado. It got too big and too heavy at just the wrong time.

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