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[33] [35] To ensure the battery pack's longevity over a 10-year and 150,000 mi (240,000 km) warranty, the Volt team decided to use only half of the 16 kWh capacity to minimize the rate of capacity degradation, limiting the state of charge (SoC) to 80% of capacity and never depleting the battery below 30%.
The Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in hybrid and extended-range electric vehicle car that was manufactured by General Motors, and also marketed in rebadged variants as the Holden Volt in Australia and New Zealand and the Buick Velite 5 in China, and with a different fascia as the Vauxhall Ampera in the United Kingdom and as the Opel Ampera in the remainder of Europe.
Even though General Motors (NYS: GM) mostly seems to be doing the right things here, the issue with the Chevy Volt's battery continues to generate a lot of fuss. Though a Reuters report late last ...
In further testing of the Volt's batteries carried out by NHTSA in November 2011, two of the three tests resulted in thermal events, including fire. Therefore, the NHTSA opened a formal safety defect investigation on November 25, 2011, to examine the potential risks involved from intrusion damage to the battery in the Chevrolet Volt. [34] [35] [36]
In the wake of an NHSTA "formal safety investigation," GM today announced plans to add enhancements to the Chevy Volt's battery coolant system, in the hopes of preventing any post-crash electrical ...
The Volt gets 38 miles of all-electric range, the Prius Prime is rated for 39 (44 with smaller wheels). How did we go so damn long with only minimal improvements on the original PHEV formula?
Chevrolet expects that many 2016 Volt owners will run using only the battery for 90% of their daily trips, up from 80% for the first generation owners based on OnStar data and other studies. [5] The Volt's onboard charger can handle 3.6 kW, [ 20 ] which is sufficient for overnight charging at the owner's home but falls short of the capabilities ...
When General Motors (NYS: GM) CEO Dan Akerson went before a congressional committee to defend the Chevy Volt yesterday, he didn't mince words: "Although we loaded the Volt with state-of-the-art ...