Posted by Mario on February 3, 2012
Price premium for that lifetime battery guarantee? Just a hybrid marketing ploy? Last month we covered Hyundai’s lifetime Sonata hybrid battery warranty that guarantees that Hyundai will replace the lithium-ion battery pack in the Sonata hybrid and recycle it, if needed. Then, however, we weren’t sure if that warranty would be transferable. Unfortunately, the warranty [...]
Posted by Mario on January 20, 2012
A battery challenge for the hybrid industry Buying into lithium hybrids There’s no doubt that consumers are interested in hybrid cars, but there is a big difference between being interested and actually buying a hybrid, and years of consumer data prove that point. Obviously, cost is the biggest hybrid deal killer, but battery worries continue [...]
Posted by Mario on January 13, 2012
Electric powered vehicles have long faced challenges in battery cell packaging and the difficulties of maximizing range optimizing weight and placement. In the past, nickel-metal hydride cells failed to store enough energy to propel an EV any more than 100 miles and required a lengthy recharge after the battery depletes. [...]
Posted by Mario on January 6, 2012
Even greater protection on the way. No need to depower the Volt after a crash? Following a severe crash in a Chevy Volt today, GM sends a team to depower the Volt involved in the crash to prevent the possibility of a fire days or even weeks after the crash, much like a gasoline car [...]
Posted by Mario on December 31, 2011
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Posted by Mario on December 12, 2011
Volt Spokesman Says Battery Reports Off The Mark By Scott Doggett December 10, 2011 Since the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a statement Nov. 25 announcing that it would investigate the risk of fire in crashed Chevy Volts, numerous contradictory reports have appeared in the media relating to the problem and to General [...]
Posted by Mario on November 12, 2011
A Chevy Volt battery pack. Neither Volt nor EVs more dangerous than conventional vehicles – NHTSA Three weeks after undergoing National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crash tests, a Chevy Volt lithium-ion battery pack started a fire at a NHTSA facility. Consequently, the NHTSA is going to conduct some additional tests on the Volt and its [...]
Posted by Mario on November 4, 2011
A Chevy Volt battery pack Is the Volt a $30,000 car with a $10,000 battery? Last I heard, GM is selling the Chevy Volt plug-in at cost. Likewise, GM has suggested that its battery pack costs about $8,000 per Volt, however, soon the Volt should be able to utilize new chemistries and materials to cut [...]
Posted by Mario on November 3, 2011
Onetime Battery Star Ener1 Delisted By NASDAQ By Scott Doggett November 2, 2011 Ener1 Inc., the struggling parent of Indianapolis-based advanced-battery maker EnerDel, has been booted off the NASDAQ stock exchange. The New York-based company said in a filing early last week with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it would be suspended from the [...]
Posted by Mario on October 21, 2011
Are today's lithium batteries already obsolete? Or is the battery space full of disruptive potential? For many years now Toyota has been working on a number of advanced battery technologies. Yesterday, Toyota announced that they are going to try to commercialize one of these new technologies — a solid state lithium battery capable of 621 [...]
