Green Car Congress
JULY 1, 2022
GM is expanding its efforts to educate public safety, fire and emergency service providers throughout the United States and Canada as EV sales grow. For example, many people believe water is dangerous around an EV battery, when in fact a large volume of water is the recommended method to suppress a lithium-ion battery fire.
Cars That Think
MARCH 18, 2022
Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. GM produces the Chevy Volt and GMC Hummer EV and is preparing its 2023 launch of the Silverado EV.)
Green Car Congress
MARCH 3, 2009
GM Europe staged the world premieres of the Opel Ampera, the European cousin of the Chevrolet Volt, and the Chevrolet Spark mini-car, at the Geneva Motor Show. Equipped with a 16 kWh Li-ion battery pack, the five-door, four-seat hatchback has a battery-powered range of up to 60 km (37 miles) (MVEG cycle).
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2015
Today, Volt owners use battery power on 80% of their trips, according to GM. kWh lithium-ion battery, rated at a combined 106 MPGe, or gasoline equivalent. For the first 53 miles, the Gen 2 Volt can drive gas and tailpipe-emissions free using a full charge of electricity stored in its new 18.4-kWh
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 31, 2011
Examples of degradation effects causing Li-ion battery power or capacity fading. Source: Roland Matthé, GM. the Volt—but also more broadly for batteries and electrified vehicle applications in general. the Volt—but also more broadly for batteries and electrified vehicle applications in general.
Green Car Congress
JULY 15, 2010
Solely on the basis of the mass considerations above, we can conclude that battery-powered options are favored for small vehicles when short-range and long refueling times are acceptable. One promising direction is the development of materials that enable the intercalation of more than one lithium ion per transition metal, they note.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
The extended-range plug-in series hybrid architecture shown so far integrates Raser’s Symetron technology in a 200 kW peak, 100 kW continuous AC induction motor and power electronic traction drive; and a 100 kW PM synchronous generating system with a 700V lithium-ion battery pack and power management system.
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