The 2010 Chevrolet Volt looks to be progressing right on schedule, and General Motors’ most talked about plug-in hybrid has reached yet another milestone: GM has decided on a battery supplier for the Volt’s lithium-ion battery packs.
Despite settling on a battery maker, GM has yet to officially announce which company has secured the contract. GM has been working with both Continental and LG Chem on the development of the Volt’s batteries.
GM vice chairman Bob Lutz also indicated that the Volt program could actually be progressing ahead of schedule. “The actual production of production vehicles may be earlier,” Lutz told the Detroit Free Press. The Volt is tentatively scheduled to begin production in November 2010.
“We haven’t hit any obstacles so far for the batteries,” Lutz continued. “They are all performing flawlessly. It’s almost scary we are not seeing any problems with the batteries.”
Although GM has yet to confirm, it has been rumored that the Volt will make its public debut at October’s Paris Motor Show.
08/29, 11:32 AM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
This is all just a stopgap measure until big oil is finally forced to reveal they had the patent for ‘Mr. Fusion’ all along.
08/29, 11:43 AM
posted by:
Homosaywhat
Lame, Q4 2010 production… so we wont see them on the floor until Q3 or Q4 of 2011. Wish it weren’t so long.
08/29, 12:08 PM
posted by:
F451
Wow…did I sneak onto the net late as it is already posted here at LLN. Sorry.
08/29, 12:11 PM
posted by:
F451
Doesn’t GM already own the battery technology?
08/29, 12:44 PM
posted by:
crackerhemi
F451, you actually think GM has an R&D division? Hahaha, you are one delusional person.
08/29, 1:13 PM
posted by:
wHitE rL
Are you kidding me? Why don’t they just use the battery technology that they put in their
EV 1’s back in the 90’s?! They worked great, didn’t make a sound, and charged in about 20 minutes. But no, they can’t because they don’t want anything to do with them anymore. It was big oil, the government, and GM it self destroyed the batteries and EV 1’s.
GM, your really starting to make me pissed off!
08/29, 1:22 PM
posted by:
murderedout
Crackerfagget, it was the big oil companies that killed GMs EV1. get a job already fagget!
08/29, 1:51 PM
posted by:
inline6
wHITE rL,
You have NO IDEA what you’re talking about. The battery pack in the EV1 is 3x the size of the one in the Volt (so no room for a range-extender engine). Its batteries are NiMH, which means nickel mining is involved in the process, which is a filthy, carcinogenic process, to boot.
08/29, 4:00 PM
posted by:
brassmonkey
Lutz better knock on some wood, and quick. His quote, “They [batteries] are all performing flawlessly. It’s almost scary we are not seeing any problems with the batteries.” will bring some major problems. Nice going, Putz.
08/29, 4:02 PM
posted by:
howsmydriving
Boy, I’m not a GM or Big Oil fan, but I just don’t buy into this conspiracy nonesense.
08/29, 4:06 PM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
$40,000.00 for a Chevy Volt or $40,000.00 for a Chevy Camaro…….
YOU WANNA SAVE MONEY ON GAS??? “WALK!!!”
Camaro it is…………………………………….
08/29, 5:33 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
LMAO, Mr. Fusion.
Throw in a banana peel and watch it go!
08/29, 6:09 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
crackerhemi: YOU must be seriously delusional if you think they didn’t!
08/30, 6:17 AM
posted by:
purdue
I think Enerdel might be a good bet since they announced like three new manufacturing sites.
09/01, 4:18 PM
posted by:
Boxster2.7L
How is this going to be “THE CAR THAT SAVES GM” if it costs $40,000? It needs to be priced to compete with the Prius at the $20,000 to $25,000 price range.
09/02, 11:25 AM
posted by:
injunraiv
This car is so far past Prius. Is 40k too much? maybe… My guess is they sell them all in a few months.
09/06, 9:24 AM
posted by:
ogminlo
Mr. Fusion only powered the flux capacitor (1.21 gigawatts!!). The DeLorean still needed the fabulous Renault PRV V6 to make it to 88 MPH (roughly max speed for the DMC-12).
Now a Mr. Fusion juicing the Volt, there’s an idea…