Chevrolet Volt battery pack – Click above for high-res image gallery While we were at the General Motors battery plant in Brownstown, MI yesterday, we learned more about the Chevrolet Volt ...

Hybrids like the Chevy Volt are appealing cars for the environmentally-minded, but the potential cost of battery replacement could give owners pause.

5 Volt batteries could power 3-5 American homes for a couple hours during the next power failure. Even old batteries still have the majority of their power.

As planned, today GM has produced the first Volt battery pack at its Brownstown Battery Pack Assembly Plant. The General invested a total of $43 million last August to prepare the 160,000-square ...

Gone are the single front-mounted motor and 400-volt battery pack from the Renault 5. Instead, Renault used a bespoke platform with an 800V battery pack that feeds two in-wheel motors at the rear.

Chevy Volt battery pack: Rugged but precise GM and partners engineer composites for this complex assembly with an accent on repeatability.

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Plug-in vehicle battery technology moves fast, and all you need to do to see this in action is to take a look at the new 60-kWh lithium-ion pack inside the 2017 Chevy Bolt EV. Well, you need to do ...

National Geographic reported about the “Second Life for Old Electric-Car Batteries: Guardians of the Electric Grid”. The idea was developed by General Motors and ABB, one of the world's largest ...

But as battery technology advances, these numbers should come down considerably, making the Volt one of the first green vehicles to become a practical buy for the average middle-class family.

General Motors Corp<GM.N> is close to a decision on the location of its first lithium-ion battery pack assembly facility, a top GM battery executive said on Tuesday.

Based on the battery’s health (whether it is a new or repurposed unit), Volt owners can expect to pay anywhere between $3,400 and $34,000. Another cost consideration is battery generation, as ...