GM Announces Battery Assembly Production

DETROIT - On Thurs., Jan. 7, 2010, exactly three years to the day the Chevrolet Volt concept car was revealed, General Motors takes another historic step in mass production of the vehicle and a giant leap for the auto industry from a petroleum-filled past to a potentially gas-free future.

At 10:00 a.m., GM Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre, along with Gov. Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, leading government officials and honored guests will witness the start of battery production at the GM Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant. The plant, located in Brownstown Township, Mich., is the first lithium ion battery pack manufacturing plant in the U.S. operated by a major automaker.

Media planning to attend are asked to arrive at the plant by 9:45 a.m.

If you cannot attend the press conference in person, an open line will be made available as well as a satellite feed.

  Teleconference Dial-In Number(s):
  United States: (800) 230-1096
  International: (612) 332-0107
  (No participant codes required)

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