A thirty-six volt battery can carry the rickshaw forty kilometers.

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But here's the difference,fully charged, the battery in the volt enables the car to travel for 64 kilometers.

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The public response could be known soon. On Tuesday,dealers in seven areas began taking orders for the Volt.

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A company manager tells VOA that GM expects to lose money initially, but hopes to make the Volt profitable in future years.

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"I think the Volt is the most technically-advanced machine,car, on the road right now, I just hope the public jumps on the bandwagon."

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(SAYING) Critics argue the price of a Volt is higher than a regular small compact car and the gas savings won't offset that cost.

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LeBlanc thinks the President's visibility with the Volt will propel GM to more profitability.

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(SAYING) Here at the GM battery lab, the Volt's 16 kilowatt lithium ion batteries are run through the rigors of extreme driving,weather fluctuations and abrupt movements.

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The EV-1's battery weighed three times as much as the Volt's does today.

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The president's second stop is at the General Motors plant that manufactures the Chevrolet Volt, an electric and gas-powered vehicle that some say might revolutionize the industry.

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The auto company shut down most of its facilities for the summer, but the Hamtramck assembly plant remained open, for employees like Leblanc to get the Volt rolling.

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But his dream is to someday drive what he builds - the new Chevrolet Volt, an electric vehicle that can run for 64 kilometers on a battery without recharging.

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GM is staking a lot on the Volt's success.

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