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Watch the teardown time-lapse video motion
3 February 2012
TROY, Mich. — Ever seen a car come apart really fast? Check out our time-lapse video of the Chevy Volt teardown we did several weeks ago here.
It took three days, but the video shortens it to a few crazy minutes and makes Munro & Associates Al Steier look like he's working on barrels of coffee!
I captured some of the sights and sounds during those three days in a series of earlier posts. If you can make Design West in late March, by all means come because that's where Al, John Scott-Thomas of TechInsights and I will present our findings from the teardown. Steier and Scott-Thomas will give you a deep dive into the power electronics, safety and navigation systems, the huge 360V battery pack and more from what turns out to be a fantastically engineered vehicle. We'll present these findings over three days, March 27-29, in San Jose. (Click here to register for Design West).
And for now, see how three days of disassembly looks in four minutes 56 seconds.
Jeffrey Bledsoe February 4, 2012 at 9:17 am
I'd rather see it being built on the assembly line. What a waste!
rumpole February 4, 2012 at 10:03 am
And what exactly is the purpose of this? One guy got to surf the web the whole time while everyone else was actually "working". If they could get it all back together, then I would be impressed.
_Flintstone_ February 4, 2012 at 7:51 pm
The Detroit Electric of about a hundred years ago was rated at 80 miles per charge. It reportedly set a record of 211 miles on a charge. I am fairly sure that their were no printed wiriing boards, no government grants and no tax credits involved.
Barney February 6, 2012 at 3:02 pm
I'll bet the Flintstone-mobile was even more efficient! You just have to ignore average speed, ride, handling, comfort, etc.
Alex Vieira March 24, 2012 at 1:07 pm
It also went 20 mph, had no climate control, no safety systems, etc. Kind of silly to compare the two cars, don't you think? Even sillier to draw conclusions about government involvement in two radically different technologies.
Jane May 29, 2012 at 8:57 pm
Wicked is so fantastic, I saw it on saadruty and I’m still buzzing from it, it was just so amazing. especially Rachel Tucker, her voice is unbelievable. We went to see Lee mainly (he sort of stole our pen again. he did that at Arthur Saville’s Crime too but at least he brought it back both times) but even if he wasn’t in it the show it would still be the one to see.
JOTO February 6, 2012 at 3:32 pm
The Engineering and assembly of the car are indeed impressive, but I have a problem with the taxpayer reportedely footing $20K of the $60K cost to build it. I believe in market driven free enterprise to solve all problems, even environmental. No government forced solution to any problem or need has ever succeeded in invoking real change either good or bad. The populace must embrace the desired change before any government intervention. Any other path has always resulted in, at best, nothing. At worst, wars have been fought over governments follies.
Technically, is this car an environmental friendly piece of equipment? Are fossile fueled power plants any more carbon friendly than a clean-burning fossile fueled car? (Recall that government intervention, not regulation, killed our nuclear industry.) Somebody come back and give me the actual Engineering calculations that prove that this car is something more than a political football.
Randy Eaglestone February 6, 2012 at 7:14 pm
Good job documenting that huge tear down effort. Sometimes there is no appreciation for engineering! I'm glad an American company is working at it and we are not watching another Volkswagon movie.
John February 6, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Stripping a car in WHITE PANTS !!!!!
Ms Manners February 7, 2012 at 11:55 am
White pants after labor day. What a pho pah
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Auth May 29, 2012 at 10:11 pm
Such bullshit sniyag the original is the best. The first guy to play Hamlet wasn’t the best. Hell the first person to play Juliet was a freaking GUY doesn’t make him the best. Idina is not the best hers is just one interpretation of the character.
tom m February 9, 2012 at 8:11 am
I would have found it more interesting if instead of the techno music there was a voice over of the systems and subsystems being disassembled. maybe taht could be sped up to imitate the chipmunkks.
Jake February 11, 2012 at 6:42 pm
No kidding. An explanation of the process would have been superior. And a simple time-laps is not as good as speeding up the boring parts and slowing it down (taking more photos) when actually removing a part or opening up a compartment.
Andyj March 24, 2012 at 10:41 am
People should not confuse this with a pure electric car. It's more like a diesel electric train with battery assist. You are buying two power sources for the same money. If you do short trips, you plug in at night without the hassle of "filing her up" and the net cost of the car drops. The transmission is replaced with an electronic fly by wire system. Sadly, it still lugs around an engine, tank, exhaust plus all the other associated gubbins (Which I'd love to get away from). Those people who have bought cars these love them to bits. I think thats what really matters. If the USA ends buying them its not game over. The design will also become the Opel and Vauxhall Ampera.
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Nic Houslip February 4, 2012 at 4:27 am
It must be a heavy car… Of the 5 vehicles I am associated with, only those weighing over 2 Tons have 5 bolts per wheel
Has anyone calculated the Carbon foot print fo all those devcies on teh PCBs and whatis the MTBF of the whole systemeunder normal driving conditions, i.e in the hands of the public?