GM deal in place, Hitachi works on battery with 50% more power

[Jason M. Hendler]

GM deal in place, Hitachi works on battery with 50% more power

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[hermperez]

Must be for the new BAS + system, hopefully GM will have some low cost hybrids again.

[excess_3]

power or energy?

[Ambulator]

It is power.

[WopOnTour]

Must be for the new BAS + system, hopefully GM will have some low cost hybrids again.

No Herm, these are for the next gen 2-mode to appear on the up-cming Cadillac XTC
The Gen2 BAS+ system (used in China only at this time) use a cylindrical cell I believe from LG
Posted this a few days back
http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread....-50-more-power
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[excess_3]

who needs more power?

the Volt can go 100 mph on battery

[Cab Driver]

who needs more power?

the Volt can go 100 mph on battery

Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[JeremyK]

Power becomes important as you decrease the size of the pack...say for a hybrid with a small AER and a small ICE. It's easier to get both energy and power from a large pack but that you typically have to choose one or the other when you get down to a lower number of cells.

Higher power means that you could wire the pack for max. energy and still have the power of a series oriented configuration.

So, any advances in energy capacity or power are welcomed IMO.

[hermperez]

No Herm, these are for the next gen 2-mode to appear on the up-cming Cadillac XTC
The Gen2 BAS+ system (used in China only at this time) use a cylindrical cell I believe from LG
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Last I heard GM ordered 100k of these Hitachi packs for the coming BAS+ mild/medium hybrids, you have a link supporting the revival of the 2 Mode cars?