From the get go, General Motors insisted that the Chevrolet Volt would use half of its battery capacity – about eight kilowatt hours – to deliver an all-electric range of 40 miles. Well, that ...

5-chevrolet-volt-battery-1279129352-jpg. A battery engineer checks a Chevrolet Volt battery at the General Motors Global Battery Systems Lab in Warren, Michigan Wednesday, June 30, 2010.

Here's a look at GM's battery research lab that, in three short years, made the technology behind the Volt -- and its series-hybrid Voltec architecture -- possible. Read on for more about the 2011 ...

The Volt's new battery pack is lighter than the old one, with fewer cells and a lower center of gravity. A full charge on 120V will take about 13 hours, while 240V will drop that time to 4.5 hours.

Compact Power Inc., the engineering company that has designed the battery packs and systems to be used in the Chevrolet Volt plug-in electric vehicle, plans a multimillion-dollar expansion in Troy ...

The big battery packs in hybrids, PHEVs, ... The PHEV Chevrolet Volt battery is 16 kWh, so that's $4,000-$5,000 today. The base Tesla S uses a 60 kWh battery, or $18,000-$24,000.

General Motors announced today that it would offer an 8-year, 100,000-mile warranty on the battery pack, the charger, and the Voltec electric drive components of its upcoming 2011 Chevrolet Volt ...

He said GM (GM, Fortune 500) subjected the Volt battery pack to more than 300,000 safety tests. 0:00 / 3:28 Meet Tesla's 7-seat sedan "Safety protocols for electric vehicles are clearly an ...

Ecotec engines will range in power from 75 to 165 hp, and torque will range from 70 lb-ft to 184 lb-ft, although it's not clear yet exactly where the next Chevrolet Volt's 1.5-liter engine will ...