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GM CEO: “Chevy Volt is a Go”, Production Schedule Approved by the Board and Design Shown Publicly in the “Very Near Future”
This morning GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner made some major announcements about GM’s plans for reacting to $4.00 per gallon gasoline and slumping sales, particularly of trucks indicating that high gas and oil prices are not cyclical but likely permanent.
First the automaker is closing 4 truck and SUV plants in North America, which should result in [...]
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Could Recession Crash the Volt?
We wait patiently as GM puts the Volt through the most rapid development cycle any of its vehicles has ever had. Meanwhile, since the original concept was introduced in Jan 2007, the economy has been in trouble. The burdens of the credit crisis and the rapidly rising oil prices have significantly affected the [...]
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NEW FEATURE: Bi-Monthly Chevy Volt Video News Update
I am trying out a new feature here on GM-Volt.com. Just as the GM execs are meeting every two weeks to discuss progress on the Chevy Volt’s development, I thought it would be a good idea if I posted a video wrap-up of the past two weeks news, information, and events related to the [...]
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10-Mile Range Volt Prototype out in 2008, 40-miler in 2009
Just now an article appeared on Bloomberg.com. The authors cite “secret sources” (not sauces) as saying that GM expects to have an early working Volt prototype out in 2008 which will get a 10 mile all-electric range. Their secret source goes on to say that a 40-mile version will be out in 2009. [...]
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Ford Also Plans to Enter the Plug-in Car Arena
Yesterday, Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally said that hsi company plans to sell plug-in hybrids within the next 5 to 10 years.
He made this comment at an event marking a partnership between Ford and Southern California Edison to explore the feasibility of rechargeable cars and the impact on the electrical grid of their widespread [...]
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GM-Volt EXCLUSIVE Interview/Podcast: Compact Power Inc. Executives Discuss Volt Battery Pack Development
In our last post, I presented an interview with Dr. Bart Riley of A123 Systems, one of the two companies GM awarded contracts to in order to develop the Volt’s battery packs. Now I’ve also had the opportunity to discuss the same issues with two top executives from the competitor company, Compact Power Inc. (CPI) [...]
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GM-Volt EXCLUSIVE: Interview and Podcast with A123 co-founder, CTO, and VP of R&D Bart Riley on Building the Volt’s Battery Pack
Today I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Bart Riley, co-founder, VP of R&D and CTO of A123 Systems. We discussed A123’s battery system and how they are going about making the Volt’s battery pack system.
This interview is important in that is reveals the first details available about A123’s plans since the June 5th [...]
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GM Sends in the Engineers
Today GM announced that they are moving 500 fuel cell experts out of the laboratory and on to the production front. Their collective work will focus on mass production of the 5th generation hydrogen fuel cell system that was unveiled in the Hydrogen Volt in Shanghai.What this means is that GM is serious about [...]
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GM-VOLT.COM Moderator Participates in Blogger Interview with Nick Zielinski, Chief Vehicle Engineer of the Volt and Gary Smyth, Director Powertrain Systems
Tonight, myself and several other bloggers including including Matt Kelly of Podtech, Sam Abuelsamid of AutoblogGreen, Todd Kaho of Green Car Journal, Scott Anderson of Hydrogen Forecast, Philip Proefrock from Ecogeek and Greenoptions, and Matt Mayer of GroovyGreen.com were given the wonderful opportunity to have a sincere and very interesting discussion about the development of [...]
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GM-VOLT.COM Moderator Participates in Blogger Interview With Micky Bly, Director of Hybrid Vehicle Integration
June 7, Detroit Michigan - Today, myself and several other bloggers including including Matt Kelly of Podtech, Sam Abuelsamid from AutoblogGreen, Todd Kaho of Green Car Journal, Scott Anderson of Hydrogen Forecast, Philip Proefrock from Ecogeek and Greenoptions, and Matt Mayer of GroovyGreen.com were given the opportunity to interview Micky Bly who is GM’s Director [...]
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GM-VOLT.COM Moderator at GM Headquarters
Your trusty moderator is here right now in the lobby of GM Headquarters in Detroit, awaiting a day of meetings with several GM executives critical to the developemnt of the Volt.
I will do my best to get our questions answered!
Latest news so far includes:
-a supposed quote from GM on Volt production in 2015 (way too [...]
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GM Awards Two Volt Battery Contracts
GM CEO Rick Wagoner announced today that 2 companies have been awarded contracts to develop the Lithium-ion battery packs that will power the Volt.
One went to Compact Power Inc (CPI) who will use batteries created by LG Chem. The other went to Continental Automotive Systems who will use A123 batteries.
Mr. Wagoner noted these contracts [...]
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Recent Posts
- Volt Battery Supplier Chosen and GM Comments on Production Photo Leaks (POLL)
- BREAKING: Production VOLT Spied!! The REAL DEAL!!
- Chevy Volt Interior Picture Leak
- Bob Lutz Responds to Toyota’s Announcement: Large Volt Test Fleet in 2009
- Volt Competition: Mazda’s Secret E-REV Program, Toyota Forwards Plug-in Fleet to 2009
- Bob Lutz on Chevy Volt Battery Tests, Cold Starts, and Use of OnStar
- The Chevy Volt Generator Will Run at One of Several Fixed RPMs
- E-Flex Cadillac Next?
- How the Chevy Volt Operates Past the Customer Depletion Point
- The Chevy Volt Will Have iPod Connectivity (Plus More Design Issues)
