NHTSA said Opel Ampera and Chevrolet Volt for sure
Ampera modifications are effective
That was a bustle: Turned but shortly before the German Market start out that Opel Ampera and Chevrolet Volt days after Can begin accidents with damage to the battery cooling . burn But now GM has solved the problem.
The Opel Ampera has been revised with success: On Friday, the American Department of Motor Vehicles (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA) in the U.S. decided to investigate the safety of the Chevrolet Volt, an end to the identical sister model, the Ampera. The control had the NHTSA concluded that “no discernible trend in defects” existed and that “reducing the recently developed by General Motors vehicle modifications, the risk of battery damage due to intrusion during a side impact.”
Ampera comes only revised
Last year, the Opel Ampera was awarded the maximum five star Euro NCAP safety rating. The current, designed by GM updates include modifications to the vehicle structure, and the battery cooling device to protect the battery unit in a violent side impact better. The changes incorporated directly into the production of Opel electric car one. Already produced Ampera will be retrofitted in Europe before they are passed to customers. Opel plans to launch the delivery of the Ampera in February.
The modifications to Opel Ampera and Chevrolet Volt
Specifically, given the Ampera monitor and the Chevy Volt is a reinforcement of the security construction in the area of the battery modules and a further probe in the container of the battery coolant, liquid level to be able to better. In addition, there’s Volt and Opel Ampera now in an additional safety clip on the filling of the cooling liquid storage battery in order to forestall overcrowding or spattering.