Chevy Volt Battery Gets Lengthy Warranty

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When it finally goes on sale at the end of the year, Chevy’s extended-range electric Volt will come with a fully transferable eight-year, 100,000-mile warranty on its battery. That’s right. The age of electric vehicles will likely usher in separate warranties on high-end lithium-ion batteries that are significantly more expensive to replace than a traditional car battery.
 
The coverage isn’t just for a “battery,” either, but rather 161 battery components that allow the Volt to cover up to 40 miles on electric power alone.
 
The announcement comes at the official launch of the battery’s production at the company’s Brownstown Township plant in Michigan. Chevy has a five-year, 100,000-mile transferable powertrain warranty for all of its current models. We’d expect that same coverage to be applied to the rest of the Volt’s powertrain when it goes on sale.