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Technology Stocks : American Automobile Industry: Can it survive?

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From: TimF3/3/2012 12:26:14 PM
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GM to Idle Chevy Volt Output as Sales Slow
By Sharon Terlep

General Motors Co. will idle production of its Chevrolet Volt battery-powered car for five weeks beginning this month because of slow sales amid an effort to boost the vehicle's consumer appeal, the company said Friday.

Launched last year with great fanfare, the Volt has had a rocky start as sales stalled, and the car became a lightning rod for critics of the Obama administration's auto-industry bailout and support for alternative energy.

GM said around 1,300 workers at the Hamtramck, Mich., factory where the Volt is built will be out of work between March 19 and April 23, a spokesman said. ...

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