(SAYING) Here at the GM battery lab, the Volt's 16 kilowatt lithium ion batteries are run through the rigors of extreme driving,weather fluctuations and abrupt movements.

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The GM and Chrysler executives defended their decisions.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

It could be a sign that GM has recovered from the bankruptcy and restructuring it went through last year.

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And GM has said it will manufacture a diesel passenger vehicle for the American market soon.

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Meanwhile,Steve Rattner, whom Mr.Obama appointed in February to oversee the bailouts of GM and Chrysler, announced Monday he is stepping down.

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

A company manager tells VOA that GM expects to lose money initially, but hopes to make the Volt profitable in future years.

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"If we do not fix our health care system, America may go the way of GM paying more,getting less and going broke,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

Shelby noted that GM is just the latest private corporation to fall under government control since the financial crisis struck last year.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

He says because GM crops can be designed to be resistant to insects and disease they may also be better for the environment.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

"It's our lifesaver. I mean,it keeps us working." GM is investing $700 million into the vehicle.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

The EV-1 was on the market in the 1990s, but GM discontinued it because of impracticality.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Pretty says the Royal Society is not giving blanket support for GM foods, but says GM crops should be looked at on a case-by-case basis.

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But Britain and many other European countries have resisted the introduction of GM food crops.

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Chrysler and GM are under pressure from senators to provide greater support for the dealerships that are facing closure with parking lots full of unsold cars.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

LeBlanc thinks the President's visibility with the Volt will propel GM to more profitability.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Many are challenging GM and Chrysler's decision to take their cars off the road.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

"Over 90 percent of Chrysler and GM's revenue comes from the dealer, because the dealer buys the cars, the parts,and even the dealership signs from the manufacturer..

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

Mr.Obama has said the federal government's ownership of GM shares will be temporary.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

New GM chief Fritz Henderson agreed, saying bankruptcy might be the best alternative.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

Their campaign has led some scientists to give up GM research and others to call for the British government to carry out trials at secure or secret sites.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

GM is staking a lot on the Volt's success.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"Had it not been for the steps that we took with respect to GM and Chrysler, the situation in Michigan, I think it is fair to say, would be far worse."

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

"Now if that GM potato is effective and works then the environmental impact will be substantially less because the chemicals are not being used and there will be less fossil fuel use."

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

"You have seen massive evidence of huge social impacts in South America,farmers, up to 90,000 farmers, being displaced from their land in places like Paraguay because of the advent of massive GM intensive mono cultures, urban poverty increasing, food security has decreased all across the southern corner of Latin America dramatically over the last decade,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.21