Originally Posted by Detroit_Free_Press

GM shows inner workings of hybrid battery research lab
March 13, 2007
BY KATIE MERX
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER

General Motors Corp. wants the world to know that the Chevrolet Volt electric concept car -- and the company's quest to diversify the energy sources used to propel the world's automobiles -- aren't PR stunts.

To prove it, Bob Lutz, GM's vice chairman and global chief of product development, said the automaker plans to take the unusual step throughout the development of the Volt and its lithium battery of opening much of the development process to the news media.

On Monday, GM took the first step in keeping that promise, providing more than 50 journalists and bloggers with a tour of its hybrid vehicle battery lab in Warren. . . .