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Chevy Volt and Battery Program Update
General Motors provided an online media update as to current progress on the Chevrolet Volt and battery development program, moderated by vehicle chief engineer Andrew Farah and Voltec battery system manager Bill Wallace. I and several actual journalists attended. We were given the current state of development and the roadmap of the next 12 months [...]
GM Delays Launch of Volt’s ‘Sister’ Car, the Chevrolet Cruze
GM has announced that the Chevrolet Cruze’s introduction in North America has been delayed, moving from April of 2010 into the third quarter, namely August. In the meantime, the Cobalt will soldier on until the Cruze’s arrival.
This news is especially of interest to the Volt community, because both it and the Cruze [...]
Guest-Post: Magna Group Reportedly Pulls Plug on Building Ampera
It was long thought that shortly after the Chevrolet Volt went into production in Michigan that a plant would open in Europe to produce the Ampera.
The front runner for this plant had been the Ellesmere Port plant in the United Kingdom, given the strong backing of the state government, and their willingness to subsidize the [...]
Clarification: GM’s Chevy Volt Build Schedule for 2010
Some recently published numbers about Volt prototype production volume are inaccurate.
First, though the Detroit Press reported the 74th car was the final Volt prototype built at GM’s pre-production plant in Warren, according to Bob Warner, GMs Director Global Pre-Production Operations, it was actually the 80th.
“The 80 vehicles we built are now entering the next stage [...]
Transition From Integration to Pre-Production Begins Now: Thousands of Chevy Volts to be Built Early Next Year
As was reported on Friday October 9, GM completed building the last of a total of 74 pre-production Chevy Volts, which were built in the modest-sized pre-production operations facility in GM’s Warren campus. I had the chance to discuss with Volt vehicle line engineer Tony Posawatz what happens now.
Now that these cars are finished [...]
Q&A With Chevy Volt Lead Powertrain Engineer
Alex Cattelan is head of the Volt propulsion engineering team. I had the chance to discuss the current state of Chevy Volt development from her perspective.
What is your role in the Volt program?
I head up the team that does all of the propulsion systems for the Volt. That includes motors, power electronics, we don’t [...]
Getting an Early Chevy Volt in 2010 Won’t be Easy
Its hard to believe, but we are actually drawing close to the day the first saleable Volts roll off the production line in November 2010.
Recently the DOE announced a $30 million grant for GM to use to release a test fleet of 500 Chevy Volts to consumers, and 125 to commercial entities. GM has [...]
GM Begins Work at New Chevy Volt Battery Pack Assembly Plant
On Thursday GM CEO Fritz Henderson announced that GM has begun construction work on a factory in Brownstown Township Michigan in which the Chevy Volt battery packs will be assembled.
GM invested $43 million to develop the plant where packs for the Volt and “other extended range electric vehicles” will be assembled.
The 160,000 square foot facility [...]
GM Volt Battery Assembly Plant Site Chosen
It is being reported that General Motors has chosen the site where it will assemble Chevy Volt battery packs. They have not officially announced this but sources indicate a press event is expected within a month.
The Chevy Volt is dependent on its state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery packs for propulsion. The 16 kwh packs are [...]
Video: Pre-Production Chevy Volts Hit the Road!
GM has just released a video of and blog post by Andrew Farah, the Volts chief engineer. Andrew demonstrates one of the new pre-production genuine Chevy Volts that has rolled of the assembly line. He reports he drove the first one on Tuesday, Integration Vehicle #1, more than a week ahead of schedule, [...]
Exclusive: Visit to the Chevy Volt Integration Vehicle Assembly Plant
I have seen the electric car promised land.
This month I became one of the first people outside of GM to visit the pre-production operations (PPO) facility at a time where the first genuine Chevy Volts, called integration vehicles (IVers) were being assembled.
The PPO plant was vast though moderate in size relative to full [...]
GM Advanced Battery Lab Tour w/Video – Part I
While in Warren Michigan for the opening of the GM advanced battery lab I along with a group of journalists was given a tour of the facility. I filmed the event (video below). In this segment we hear from Bill Wallace, engineering group manager, GM battery lab. He shows us the current Chevy Volt pack [...]
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