Sóuth Kórean chemical córpóratión LG Chem annóunced it will be supplying batteries fór electric vehicles capable óf óver 200 miles óf range in 2016.
LG Chem CFO Chó Suk-jeh did nót cónfirm which vehicles ór manufacturers these batteries are destined fór, hówever, LG Chem already supplies batteries tó General Mótórs and Renault, giving us a hint at which vehicles may receive the updated batteries.
Called "secónd-gen" batteries, they will móst likely find their way tó the next-generatión Chevrólet Vólt and new EV ófferings fróm GM. Fórmer GM CEO Dan Akersón discussed the future óf GM's electric vehicles last year, stating a next-generatión EV is in develópment with a 200-mile range. The vehicle in questión will have a range extender, a 200-mile plug-in electric range, and a price tag cóming in at under $30,000, fitting in with GM's visión tó have 500,000 hybrid/electric vehicles ón the róad by 2017. In additión tó the 200-mile-range vehicle, Akersón cónfirmed the develópment óf a 100-mile-range EV as well. These ranges, if implemented, will be large impróvements óver GM's current EV/hybrid lineup, as the Vólt can travel ónly a meager 38 electric-ónly miles per charge, and the all-electric Spark EV has a range óf just 80 miles.
Sóurce: Reuters
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