GM-Volt Bumper Sticker Contest - Final Round

These are the two wining stickers form round one and two. Vote for the best below. The winner of this round will be made into bumper sticker magnets which will become available through the site.
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Which 2010 Hybrid Would You Buy?
Ford Fusion
Honda Insight
Toyota Prius
None, No Plug No Sale [...]

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Production Chevy Volt to Have a Spacious Interior

Ed Welburn, Chief of GM Design was asked for an update on the production Volt’s design. This took place during the GMnext online web chat session.
His response:
I am so excited about this car – both the technology and the design. We’ve seen as we are designing the vehicle, how important aerodynamics are in fuel [...]

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GM CEO Rick Wagoner on the Chevy Volt

Yesterday, GM hosted what it called GMnext to celebrate it’s 100 year anniversary as a company. For the event, myself and other journalists and bloggers were given the chance for a web chat with executives, including CEO Rick Wagoner.
What did I ask Mr. Wagoner? Well about the Volt of course!:
How important is the [...]

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GM-Volt Interview: Compact Power VP of Engineering, Martin Klein, Part 2

Can you expand on the concept of leasing battery backs, from your perspective (battery maker)?
This does offer a solution, particularly for customers who may feel uncomfortable with the potential cost of a replacement battery pack. We and GM feel pretty confident that these packs will have the life that they expect, but you could imagine [...]

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Oil Hits $100 per Barrel Today

It finally happened.
Source (Reuters)
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GM-Volt Interview: Compact Power VP of Engineering, Martin Klein, Part 1

We last spoke with Martin Klein Compact Power Inc., VP of Engineering in the summer when GM announced the battery contract with them and A123/LG Chem. Now that the first two battery packs have been delivered to GM, it seemed a good time for a follow-up interview.
What has happened over the last 6 months [...]

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Are the Volt Prototype Packs Running Too Hot?

Recently a commenter here suggested he had inside information about thermal regulation problems with the Volt prototype battery packs. Here is his comment:
My brother in law is an engineer for this product and said there’s NO WAY it will work as designed. The battery will never be perfected, gets way too hot (much [...]

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