Chevy Volt's Chief Engineer Speaks - It's the cells

It's all about the lithium

AutoWeek has an interesting interview with Nick Zielinski, the Chief Engineer for the Chevy Volt hybrid project. In the interview Zielinksi highlights some of the main issues regarding how the Volt's gasoline engine and electric motor will integrate to produce GM's future series hybrids.

"At the cell level, we have performance data, and we think there are battery cells available with the energy and power level that we need. But the challenge is combining them all together. We are looking ahead into how the technology will be evolving. There are, like, 30 different chemistries out there for lithium ion batteries. There are also different techniques out there for making the cells."

To read the rest of the AutoWeek Interview, click here.