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Official: Chevy Volt will receive safety enhancements, but don’t call it a recall

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Filed under: Hybrid , Safety , Hatchback , Chevrolet , Electric The Chevrolet Volt is about to get safer. That’s the big message from GM today as the company announced structural and cooling system “safety enhancements” that are intended to better distribute the car’s energy load from a crash and, thus, better protect the battery from potential fires. Mark Reuss, president of GM North America, said that GM is treating this as a voluntary customer satisfaction issue, and therefor it is not a recall.

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GM to double Volt production to 120,000 units in 2012?

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Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Plants/Manufacturing , Chevrolet , GM , Electric Was General Motors caught by surprise with the success of the Chevrolet Volt ? According to two people “familiar with the matter” who spoke to Bloomberg , the number of Volts that GM wants to build in 2012 is now, wait for it… 120,000 units.

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Ford teases Focus electric ahead of CES

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Filed under: Hatchback , Ford , Electric It’s been nearly a full year since Ford made it clear that the automaker is planning to roll out an all-electric version of its Focus, and now we have our first glimpse at what to expect from the car. The Blue Oval has dusted off its first teaser of the New Year with a shot of the charging port on the EV Focus . Interestingly enough, Ford has decided to skip the Detroit Auto Show as a venue for the vehicle’s unveil, opting instead for the electrified Focus to take a bow at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which runs from January 6 to 9.

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Report: GM studying how to double or triple Chevy Volt production

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Filed under: Hybrid , Plants/Manufacturing , Hatchback , Chevrolet , GM , Electric Early Volts reportedly cost $40,000 to build Chevrolet Volt battery pack – Click above for high-res image gallery How’s your math? If you have 240,000 “potential buyers” but only 10,000 vehicles to sell them in the first year, what can you do? If you’re General Motos and the item in question is the Chevrolet Volt , then you look for ways to seriously increase the number of Volts you can build (and, of course, sell). That’s exactly what CEO Dan Akerson says his company is trying to do, looking to double or triple production rates of this very important car.

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Hyundai BlueOn electric vehicle unveiled in South Korea

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Filed under: Hatchback , Hyundai , Electric , South Korea Hyundai Blueon unveiled in South Korea – Click above for high-res image gallery Hyundai has unveiled the BlueOn, which it claims is South Korea’s first full-speed battery electric vehicle (EV). The tiny BlueOn is based on the Hyundai i10 minicar and was first shown as a prototype at last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show when it was called the i10 Electric. The little EV is equipped with a 16.4 kWh lithium-polymer battery pack but, other than the capacity, Hyundai hasn’t announced details about the battery yet. The pack will probably come from LG Chem, which also supplies lithium polymer energy storage for the Sonata hybrid and Chevrolet Volt

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2012 Ford Focus EV to use liquid-cooled lithium-polymer battery

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Filed under: Sedan , Technology , Hatchback , Electric Ford Focus EV – Click above for high-res image gallery When the 2112 Ford Focus Electric debuts in late 2011, it and the Chevrolet Volt will have a common feature in addition to their LG Chem lithium polymer cells . Ford confirms that the Focus EV will employ a liquid-cooled battery pack with automatic thermal management, just like the Chevy . Ford opted for active thermal management solution in order to help maximize the Focus EV’s battery performance and lifespan. By protecting the battery from overheating, the system can help prevent the development of cracks in the electrodes.

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