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The new facility greatly expands GM's battery research and development capabilities, and will help expedite the introduction of GM's electric fleet.
In January during the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, then GM Chairman Rick Wagoner took center stage with a near-production version of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and the Volt's battery array. Well, now Rick is out, but the battery lab he announced opened recently at the company's Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. The new facility greatly expands GM's battery research and development capabilities, and will help expedite the introduction of GM's electrically-driven fleet.
Photo Gallery: GM Opens Battery Lab - Global Battery Systems Lab - Automobile Magazine