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