New Chevrolet Volt to Benefit from Battery Regeneration System of the Cadillac ELR

For fans of the auto industry, they must have been well aware of the fact that the electric vehicle (EV) from Chevrolet, the Volt, is not a successful EV at all. Thankfully, however, General Motors (GM), Chevrolet’s parent company, still has Cadillac, along with its electric vehicle model, the ELR coupe. The reason the Chevy Volt is not so successful in the market is because its battery regeneration system is not effective enough, at least not as effective as the one used by the ELR. As a result, GM has decided to use the battery regeneration system of the ELR on the new Chevrolet Volt.

For your information, the Cadillac ELR coupe comes with a feature called the ‘Regen on Demand’. Thanks to this feature in particular, drivers of the luxury Cadillac coupe can always make good use of the paddle shifters whenever they want to perform deceleration while taking a sharp corner or descending a hill. When the drivers of the vehicle do either of these moves, the aforementioned ‘Regen on Demand’ feature will transform that instant momentum into electricity current which the car will then store in its battery pack. Then, when the need comes for extra power, the ELR may as well use this stored electricity current.

The paddle shifters attached to the back of the steering wheel work by letting drivers adjust how much energy they want to capture the moment they apply the vehicle’s braking system. The ‘Regen on Demand’ feature will then convert this kinetic energy into electric power and then deliver the electric power to the lithium-ion battery available on the Chevy Volt. However, according to the chief engineer for Volt, Andrew Farah, what the new Chevrolet Volt is going to bring with it will prove to be even better than what the Cadillac ELR currently has.