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The Electrification of the AutomobileThe Electrification of the Automobile
EPRI Summer SeminarTony PosawatzGeneral Motors
CorporationVehicle Line Director,
Chevrolet VOLTAugust 5th, 2008
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 CO2 from Oil- - Burning a gallon of gas releases 20 lbs. of
CO2
GREAT Plug-In PRODUCTs Req’d – THE CHEVY VOLT
GREAT Partnerships Req’d!
>30 U.S. and Canadian Utility Companies
– 37 States– 2 Provinces
Market AnalysisPublic
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
Key Objectives of PartnershipKey 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
Energy Diversity
GM Electrification since the EV1
2-Mode PHEV - VUE
E-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 performanceVehicle architecture to allow packaging of large batteryMore Electrification: Greater BenefitsMore Electrification: Greater Benefits
VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATIONBATTERY BATTERY T-PACK T-PACK
DOMINATES THE VEHICLE DOMINATES THE VEHICLE PACKAGEPACKAGE
SMALL FUEL TANKSMALL FUEL TANK
VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION
USING GM’S USING GM’S GLOBAL COMPACTGLOBAL COMPACT CHASSISCHASSIS
VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION
CARRY OVERCARRY OVERGLOBAL COMPACT GLOBAL COMPACT
WHEELBASEWHEELBASE
ALL KEY ARCHITECTURE ALL KEY ARCHITECTURE INTERFACES COMMONINTERFACES COMMON
VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATIONCONVENTIONAL CONVENTIONAL FRONT WHEEL DRIVEFRONT WHEEL DRIVE
SET-UPSET-UPLEVERAGING POWERTRAIN PORTFOLIOLEVERAGING POWERTRAIN PORTFOLIO• MODIFIED FAM 0 ENGINE (1.4 L, 4 cylinder)MODIFIED FAM 0 ENGINE (1.4 L, 4 cylinder)
LEVERAGING POWERTRAIN PORTFOLIOLEVERAGING POWERTRAIN PORTFOLIO• ELECTRIC DRIVE-UNIT ELECTRIC DRIVE-UNIT
PREPARED FOR FUTURE PORTFOLIO PREPARED FOR FUTURE PORTFOLIO GROWTHGROWTH
VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION
>1 billion vehicles ~3% annual growth worldwide~300M vehicles added from today’s 800M~ 12% - 15% ownership growth
Fisker$$
TeslaModel S
New Prius*
Competitive OutlookPlug-ins are Coming!
Hybrid
PHEV
EREV
EVTesla
$$TH!NKCity*
NissanEV
HondaDedicated
Hybrid*
HondaCivic
Hybrid*
PriusPHEV
MercedesA-class
VWHybrid
iMiEV
NissanEREV?
HondaCR-Z*
MiniEV*
NissanEV fleet
VUEPHEV
TH!NKOx
Th!nk plans to lease the battery
SmartForTwo
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 1st 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 INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATIONTRANSFORMATION REQUIRES BOLD REQUIRES BOLD ACTIONACTION