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The Electrification of the Automobile

The Electrification of the Automobile. EPRI Summer Seminar Tony Posawatz General Motors Corporation Vehicle Line Director, Chevrolet VOLT. August 5 th , 2008. COLLECTIVE GOAL: FREEDOM FROM OIL DEPENDENCY. Oil Provides 96% of Fuel for Transportation Fleet & < 3% for Electricity

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The Electrification of the Automobile

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  1. The Electrification of the Automobile EPRI Summer Seminar Tony Posawatz General Motors Corporation Vehicle Line Director, Chevrolet VOLT August 5th, 2008

  2. 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 VOLTGREAT Partnerships Req’d!

  3. Customer and Product Market Analysis Public Education 1st-generation Technical Features Seamless Customer Experience Macro Value Analysis Public Policy Business and Policy >30 U.S. and Canadian Utility Companies – 37 States – 2 Provinces • “We must all hang together or most certainly, we will all hang separately” Benjamin Franklin

  4. 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

  5. Energy Diversity

  6. GM Electrification since the EV1

  7. 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 2-Mode PHEV - VUE E-REV - VOLT More Electrification: Greater Benefits

  8. VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION BATTERY T-PACK DOMINATES THE VEHICLE PACKAGE

  9. VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION SMALL FUEL TANK

  10. VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION USING GM’S GLOBAL COMPACT CHASSIS ALL KEY ARCHITECTURE INTERFACES COMMON CARRY OVERGLOBAL COMPACT WHEELBASE

  11. VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION CONVENTIONAL FRONT WHEEL DRIVE SET-UP • LEVERAGING POWERTRAIN PORTFOLIO • MODIFIED FAM 0 ENGINE (1.4 L, 4 cylinder) • LEVERAGING POWERTRAIN PORTFOLIO • ELECTRIC DRIVE-UNIT

  12. VOLT PRODUCTION CONFIGURATION PREPARED FOR FUTURE PORTFOLIO GROWTH

  13. >1billion vehicles ~3% annual growth worldwide ~300M vehicles added from today’s 800M~ 12% - 15% ownership growth

  14. Competitive OutlookPlug-ins are Coming! Honda Civic Hybrid* New Prius* Honda Dedicated Hybrid* VW Hybrid Honda CR-Z* VUE PHEV Prius PHEV Fisker $$ Nissan EREV? Tesla Model S Nissan EV Tesla $$ TH!NK City* Nissan EV fleet TH!NK Ox Mini EV* Smart ForTwo Mercedes A-class iMiEV Th!nk plans to lease the battery

  15. Fundamental Steps to be Taken INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION REQUIRES BOLD ACTION • 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

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