The battery pack must store the vast amounts of electricity ... it still requires a small 12-volt battery of the kind you find in your conventional combustion car. To understand why a big battery ...

The focus on power density helps the Malibu Hybrid pack eliminate the need for a 12-volt starter. Using the Hitachi cells shipped from Japan, the Malibu's battery is made at the Brownstown Battery ...

The battery, referred to as the traction battery pack, isn’t like a gas-powered car's 12-volt lead-acid starting, lighting, and ignition (SLI) battery. The traction battery is much larger ...