GM News-First Volt battery pack rolls off line

General Motors assembled the first lithium-ion battery pack for its Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car today. The event drew U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and GM Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre and a host of federal, state and local politicians who heralded the battery's production as a symbolic step toward remaking Michigans economy and the nations manufacturing sector---...More

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President Obama to make first auto plant visit

Washington -- President Barack Obama plans to make a speech at General Motors Co.'s assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio, next week, his first visit to a U.S. auto plant as president.--...More

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