WARREN, Mich. - Engineers at GM's battery test facilities have developed a new computer algorithm to accelerate durability testing of the advanced lithium-ion batteries needed to power the Chevrolet Volt for up to 40 miles (64 km) of electric-only driving. ...
General Motors will begin road testing the all-important batteries for its Chevrolet Volt electric car this month. With a self-imposed deadline to deliver the Volt bearing down, GM is scrambling to clear remaining hurdles and squeeze 10 years of battery testing into two years to get the vehicle on the road by 2010.
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When the Chevrolet Volt concept car rolled out at the 2007 Detroit auto show, it electrified onlookers with the idea that a vehicle could travel 40 miles on batteries and then use a small gas engine to extend that range to hundreds of miles.
General Motors, which is racing to turn its much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt from concept to reality by the end of 2010, will begin road testing the propulsion systems this month.
I'd really like to see GM get this program complete and into the consumers' hands and garages. I don't know if would be something I'd be interested in. There are plenty of people that could make the Volt a viable car for their transportation needs.
I don't know if would be something I'd be interested in. I only need to travel less than 10 miles back and forth to work so who knows. I still like excessiveness so HP is still king.
NIV "neighborhood electric vehicles" soon to be legal for local driving on streets
It looks like modified golf carts are soon to become legal for local driving, but limited to 25 MPH. Ready for a mini 5th gen?:D
NEVs, low-speed cars dubbed "neighborhood electric vehicles" get ready for...
Hand Gesture Control coming out next year.
This is in addition to the voice commands, touchscreen controls, central dial, and steering wheel buttons.
Gesture Control doesn't let you control the whole infotainment system. Instead it can recognize six preprogrammed gestures to accomplish a few...
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