Archive for the 'Battery' Category
Update: EnerDel’s Chairman on the Cost of the Th!nk Lithium-ion Battery Pack
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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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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Continental Says Chances Good of Getting Volt Battery Contract
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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Lutz Explains Why the EV-1 Can’t Simply Be Reintroduced
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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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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GM Requests $7000 Tax Credit to Chevy Volt buyers, McCain Offers GM $5000
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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Plug-in Cars May Substitute Dependence on Foreign Oil With Dependance on Foreign Batteries
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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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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GM May Offer a 20-Mile Range Version of the Chevy Volt
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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Look Out, Here Comes Toyota: Plans to Mass Produce Lithium-ion Plug-in Hybrids in 2010
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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GM: Chevy Volt Battery Contract Not Decided Yet
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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BREAKING: Has LG Chem/Compact Power Been Chosen to Supply the Chevy Volt Battery Pack?
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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Recent Posts
- Update: EnerDel’s Chairman on the Cost of the Th!nk Lithium-ion Battery Pack
- GM Marching to a New Beat: Expect Mutiple Volt Versions
- Exclusive: Interview With EnerDel Chairman Charles Gassenheimer
- Wall Street Journal Opinion - Chevy Volt Just a Political Tool
- GM on June Sales: Asia Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
- Artist’s Estimation of the Production Chevy Volt
- Should GM Skip the Volt and Just Make More Efficient Gas Cars?
- Continental Says Chances Good of Getting Volt Battery Contract
- Lutz Explains Why the EV-1 Can’t Simply Be Reintroduced
- Ford Calls the Chevy Volt a Hail Mary Play
