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Its E-Flex propulsion system can be adapted to use bioethanol fuel or have a diesel engine or a hydrogen fuel cell as the generator of electricity.

The Volt, which has a top speed of 120mph and accelerates from 0-60mph in 8.5 seconds, can run for 40 miles on electric power. Thereafter the petrol engine is started automatically and runs at a constant speed to recharge the batteries.

essentially a modified Chevy Cobalt

E-Flex drive system consists of a small three-cylinder gas engine, a 53-kilowatt generator and a long lithium-ion battery pack that forms a spine down the center of the car’s floor. The battery supplies electricity for the 120-kilowatt (160 horsepower) motor that drives the car’s front wheels. Has twin six-gallon gas tanks. charging the battery from a 30 percent level would take about a half-hour while under way and up to 6.5 hours when plugged into a standard 15-amp household outlet.

He said the company’s next-generation compact-car platform, due in 2009, had been designed to accept an E-Flex battery pack, generator and related hardware.

run at 70 mph for up to 640 miles while consuming only 12.8 gallons of gas to fuel the generator,

GM has development deals with battery makers Cobasys/A123Systems and Johnson Controls/Saft,

a 120 kW peak machine that develops 320 Nm (236 lb-ft) of torque.

The Volt will use a 16 kWh lithium-ion battery pack that delivers 136 kW of peak power. Plug-in charging is designed for the home (110V, 15 amps) and will take between 6 to 6.5 hours.

The 53 kW motor generator set (genset) allows the on-the-fly recharging of the battery. The genset in the current Volt concept uses a 1-liter, 3-cylinder, turbocharged engine.

News

• 2007.01.06 - Chevy Volt/Saturn Vue Are Start of Plug-In Hybrid Race--PHEV Concept
  • 2007.01.07 - GM Press Release - Chevrolet Volt - GM's Concept Electric Vehicle - Could Nearly Eliminate Trips To The Gas Station
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• • 2007.01.07 - GM Introduces E-Flex Electric Vehicle System; Chevrolet Volt the First Application

• 2007.01.06 - London Times/Times/Detroit News/LA Times/Wired/GreenCarCongress on
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  • 2007.01.06 - Volt takes full-electric car concept to next level
  • 2007.01.07 - All the Technology Needed for 100 M.P.G. (Batteries Not Included)
  • 2007.01.06 - Return trip for electric vehicles Carmakers are set to unveil plans this week. A GM model owes much to the pioneering EV1.
  • 2007.01.06 - Chevy Volt Redefines EV
  • 2007.01.07 - GM Introduces E-Flex Electric Vehicle System; Chevrolet Volt the First Application