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Despite being a late comer on the need for the nation to cut its carbon footprint, John McCain is throwing his full weight behind fighting global warming and is using the Chevy Volt front and center.

General Motors is "undertaking a strategic review" of its iconic Hummer brand, CEO Rick Wagoner said Tuesday, and is "considering all options ... from a complete revamp of the product lineup to partial or complete sale of the brand."

The Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in hybrid concept car created by General Motors. Concept Chevy Volt is an electric vehicle with an innovative rechargeable electric drive system that runs on electricity, gasoline, E85 or biodiesel. In this video clip we take a closer look at this concept car that is scheduled to reach showrooms in late 2010.

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GM’s plug-in hybrid electric car, the Chevy Volt, will have its lithium-ion batteries road-tested by end of the month. Engineers have already been testing the Volt’s electrical hybrid system, the so-called E-Flex architecture, but only with nickel-metal hydride hybrid batteries in place.

General Motors Corp showed off its progress in developing the highly anticipated Chevrolet Volt and detailed its road map for bringing the rechargeable car to the market by 2010, an ambitious time line challenged by some rivals.

Andrew Farah, Chevy Volt Chief Engineer, General Motors, helped to developed General Motors' early EV1 electric vehicle. He's now chief engineer of the Chevy Volt electric vehicle project.