GM to reinforce Volt to better protect battery; asks owners to return cars to dealers
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DETROIT — General Motors is advising Volt owners to return their electric cars to dealers for repairs that will lower the risk of battery fires.
The company hopes that the repairs, which will add steel to the plates protecting the batteries, will ease worries about the car's safety. Three Volt batteries caught fire after government crash tests last year, prompting a federal investigation and sending GM engineers scrambling to find a fix.
Read full article >>Greg Jaffe 06 Jan, 2012
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