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The Electrification of the Automobile EPRI Summer Seminar Tony Posawatz General Motors Corporation Vehicle Line Director, Chevrolet VOLT August 5 th, 2008
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COLLECTIVE GOAL: FREEDOM FROM OIL DEPENDENCY Oil Provides 96% of Fuel for Transportation Fleet & < 3% for Electricity US Uses 21M Barrels of Oil per Day - - 9M for Gasoline (personal transportation) - - 2.8 gallons/day of oil per person in the US Long-term Plan Required - - new cars account for < 7% of US Fleet - - 92% of US households own car, 25% own 3 or more Oil is Largest Source of Heat-trapping Gases in US - - 44% of CO 2 from Oil - - Burning a gallon of gas releases 20 lbs. of CO 2 GREAT Plug-In PRODUCTs Req’d – THE CHEVY VOLT GREAT Partnerships Req’d!
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>30 U.S. and Canadian Utility Companies – 37 States – 2 Provinces Market Analysis Public Education Seamless Customer Experience 1st-generation Technical Features Macro Value Analysis Public Policy Customer and Product Business and Policy “We must all hang together or most certainly, we will all hang separately” Benjamin Franklin
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Key Objectives of Partnership Accelerate use of electricity to replace gasoline Create affordable, desirable vehicles that take advantage of the grid Provide accessible, reliable, convenient, low-cost electricity Educate the public about electric vehicles Realize environmental benefits of the plug-in revolution
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Energy Diversity
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GM Electrification since the EV1
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2-Mode PHEV - VUEE-REV - VOLT PHEV and E-REV Philosophy Objective: Displace petroleum – up to 50% Approach: Convert conventional full hybrids to use grid energy to displace petroleum Objective: Displace Petroleum – 80+% Enable everyday ZEV driving Approach: New propulsion system with full electric performance Vehicle architecture to allow packaging of large battery More Electrification: Greater Benefits
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VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION BATTERY T-PACK DOMINATES THE VEHICLE PACKAGE
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SMALL FUEL TANK VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION
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USING GM’S GLOBAL COMPACT CHASSIS VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION CARRY OVER GLOBAL COMPACT WHEELBASE ALL KEY ARCHITECTURE INTERFACES COMMON
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VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION CONVENTIONAL FRONT WHEEL DRIVE SET- UP LEVERAGING POWERTRAIN PORTFOLIO MODIFIED FAM 0 ENGINE (1.4 L, 4 cylinder) MODIFIED FAM 0 ENGINE (1.4 L, 4 cylinder) LEVERAGING POWERTRAIN PORTFOLIO ELECTRIC DRIVE-UNIT ELECTRIC DRIVE-UNIT
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PREPARED FOR FUTURE PORTFOLIO GROWTH VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION
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>1 billion vehicles ~3% annual growth worldwide ~300M vehicles added from today’s 800M ~ 12% - 15% ownership growth
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Fisker $$ Tesla Model S New Prius* Competitive Outlook Plug-ins are Coming! Hybrid PHEV EREV EV Tesla $$ TH!NK City* Nissan EV Honda Dedicated Hybrid* Honda Civic Hybrid* Prius PHEV Mercedes A-class VW Hybrid iMiEV Nissan EREV? Honda CR-Z* Mini EV* Nissan EV fleet VUE PHEV TH!NK Ox Th!nk plans to lease the battery Smart ForTwo
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Fundamental Steps to be Taken General Motors is Driving to Lead the “Electrification of the Automobile” - - “Mastery itself is the prize of this venture” Churchill Opportunities Abound but Focus on Basics is Key - - Plan for Readiness for 1 st vehicles in 2010 - - Customers, Homes & Businesses must be Enabled “Action This Day” Churchill - - Offer customers home certification services - - Facilitate Charging (incl. Public & 220V) - - Support in other creative ways INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION REQUIRES BOLD ACTION
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