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GM to guarantee electric car batteries for eight years

JUL 15, 2010
Physics Today
New York Times : To encourage customers to make the switch from their familiar gas-powered cars to new electric-powered ones, General Motors will offer an eight-year warranty on all 161 components of the battery that powers its Chevrolet Volt electric car. The batteries themselves will be manufactured at a new plant in Holland, Michigan, by Compact Power, a subsidiary of the South Korean company LG Chem.
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