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Update: EnerDel’s Chairman on the Cost of the Th!nk Lithium-ion Battery Pack

Posted in: Battery, Financial

One of the unknowns in determining how much the Volt or any electric car should cost, is determining the automaker’s cost for the lithium-ion battery.
A number that has been put forth by experts in the field is $1000 per kWh installed in liquid-cooled pack. If this were true, the Volts’ pack would cost $16,000.  [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 96 Comments

Exclusive: Interview With EnerDel Chairman Charles Gassenheimer

EnerDel (Amex: HEV ) is a U.S. based lithium-ion battery maker that has recently delivered a functioning 28 kWh battery pack for automaker Th!nk, for their upcoming Th!nk City electric vehicle. I had the chance for a follow-up interview with EnerDel Chairman Charles Gassenheimer.
Its been almost a year since we last spoke, can you [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 113 Comments

Continental Says Chances Good of Getting Volt Battery Contract

Posted in: Battery

A couple of weeks ago we heard an interview with Compact Power CEO Prabhakar Patil in which he indicated his company and LG Chem had a good chance at getting the Volt contract and that his packs were the one’s running in the prototypes. It was also indicated that LG Chem would build a [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 71 Comments

Lutz Explains Why the EV-1 Can’t Simply Be Reintroduced

Posted in: Battery, EV-1, Public Opinion

After GM first introduced the Chevy Volt concept in January 2007, there was a lot of ire and skepticism from the former EV-1 crowd.  Most vocal among them was Doug Korthoff who appeared in the film Who Killed the Electric Car?
Doug has since filled the web with extensive anti-GM rhetoric and used to make appearances [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 147 Comments

EEStor About to Release Public Data on its Energy Storage Units (EESUs)

EEStor is the Texas company that has been secretly working on a breakthrough energy storage technology that is a type of ultracapacitor. The technology is reportedly able to store large quantities of energy in a package markedly smaller, lighter, and less expensive than lithium-ion batteries.
The company has formed an exclusive agreement with ZENN Motor [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 123 Comments

GM Requests $7000 Tax Credit to Chevy Volt buyers, McCain Offers GM $5000

Posted in: Battery, Financial, Politics

GM VP of global program management Jon Lauckner met with a congressional caucus last week and indicated his hopes for government help in getting people to adopt the Volt.
He said:
“What we favor is actually a sliding scale depending on how much battery you have on board. When I talk about $6,000 to $7,000, we’re [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 155 Comments

Plug-in Cars May Substitute Dependence on Foreign Oil With Dependance on Foreign Batteries

Posted in: Battery, Financial, Politics

One of the most compelling and important advantages of switching our fleet to plug-in electric cars like the Chevy Volt is being able to break this countries dependence on foreign oil.  As oil supplies become tighter and demand increases the detrimental effects on economy and quality of life become clear, as the current oil price [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 122 Comments

Possible Future Chevy Volt Options - Version One Will Have 40 Miles EV Range

Recently we heard GM might be considering a 20 mile Volt variant in the future. This led to some active discussion, and perhaps some misunderstanding. It must remain perfectly clear, the Chevy Volt when it arrives in 2010 will get 40 miles of EV range.
Tony Posawatz (above) is GM’s Chevy Volt Vehicle Line [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 138 Comments

GM May Offer a 20-Mile Range Version of the Chevy Volt

Posted in: Battery, Financial

One of the best things about the Volt is being able to drive without gas for most of one’s daily driving needs. It is clear though, the 40-mile range lithium-ion batteries are going to be expensive, limiting how low GM will be able to sell the Volt for.
In a new interview, Volt vehicle line director [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 227 Comments

Look Out, Here Comes Toyota: Plans to Mass Produce Lithium-ion Plug-in Hybrids in 2010

Posted in: Battery, Competitors

Apparently the push of rising gas prices, and GMs success so far with the Volt has been too much for Toyota to tolerate.
Their President Katsuaki Watanabe told reporters in Tokyo that the auto maker now plans to roll out plug-in hybrids powered by lithium-ion batteries in 2010.
In a joint venture with Matsushita Electric, the maker [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 187 Comments

GM: Chevy Volt Battery Contract Not Decided Yet

Posted in: Battery

Last week GM vice chairman Bob Lutz told us only one lithium-ion prototype is running in the several functioning Volt mules, becasue in GMs opinion, one of the 2 pack making teams, either LG Chem/CPI or A123/Conti (he wouldn’t say which) appeared to be a lower risk.
Soon thereafter a report surfaced in which CPIs CEO [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 75 Comments

BREAKING: Has LG Chem/Compact Power Been Chosen to Supply the Chevy Volt Battery Pack?

Posted in: Battery, Production

Those who have been following the Chevy Volt story closely with us know that GM has been testing prototype lithium-ion batteries from two different suppliers, LG Chem and A123 Systems. Those batteries are in packs created by their respective partners, Compact Power and Continental Automotive.
The awarding of these initial contracts was first announced exactly one [...]

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Posted by: Lyle with 118 Comments
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