GM to build the Chevrolet Volt’s batteries itself

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General Motors has decided to produce the batteries powering the electric engine of the Chevrolet Volt, to be marketed in late 2010. To do so, the firm will build a plant in Michigan that will likely be the U.S.'s first lithium-ion battery production plant run by an automaker. Construction will begin in 2009 and finish in 2010. Full story...