GM to power up Michigan Volt battery plant

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Car giant will tomorrow begin manufacturing batteries for its trail-blazing plug-in hybrid

General Motors (GM) will tomorrow move a major step closer to delivering its Chevy Volt plug-in electric hybrid as it begins production of the vehicles' battery packs at a plant in Michigan. GM is...

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