When Chrysler reveiled their three ENVI vehicles a few weeks ago we found that one of them was an all electric sports car for Dodge.  Likely a replacement for the Viper (Chrysler is looking to sell the Viper name for some cash, the new CAFE standards preclude Chrysler from making the Viper in a few [...]

The battery pack for the Volt is shaped like a capitol T.  It starts under the hood and runs through the center of the car.  The shape of the battery pack limits the Volt to only four passengers since it runs through the middle of the rear seat.  There is no room for a center [...]

Right now the official mileage on the batteries for the Volt is 40 and will remain that way for the next few years.  However, a tech company in Ohio hopes that they can double that range to 80 miles for the second generation Volt.  Applied Sciences Inc, located in Cederville is using carbon nanofibers to [...]

A123, Watertown, Mass., is a seven-year-old company vying to break into the nascent market for lithium-ion battery packs for automobiles. A123 is in the running to supply batteries for the Chevrolet Volt, the electric car General Motors Corp. is developing. A deal to supply Chrysler would give a boost to A123′s business ahead of a [...]

When Rick Wagoner, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, walked onto the stage at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show to introduce what has become the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, he might as well have said that GM was going to build a flying car. Sure, it’s a cool idea to have an electric vehicle (EV) [...]

General Motors has “essentially finished” designing its first plug-in hybrid car, the Chevrolet Volt, and says it will have production-ready prototypes within 10 days. The automaker still has considerable work to do on the car’s lithium-ion battery and other technology in the two years before the Volt is scheduled to go on sale, but completing [...]

General Motors Corp. has decided on a battery maker for the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric vehicle, but it’s not saying who it is, yet, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said Thursday on the sidelines of a media event touting the automaker’s 2009 vehicle line. Lutz said GM plans to announce the battery supplier by the end [...]