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Because Global Warming is a Hoax, Right?

General Motors to Test Chinese Plug-in Vehicle Market With Volt General Motors Co. (GM) will introduce its Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid car in China at an auto show on Nov. 21, and dealers will begin taking orders for the model shortly, the automaker said. This will be relatively low-volume, Kevin Wale, president of the Detroit-based companys China unit, said in a phone interview yesterday in Shanghai, declining to comment on specifics including pricing before the show in Guangzhou. Were trying to use this as a statement for technology and the beginning of the path towards electrification. GM will be first among the worlds largest automakers to sell a plug-in car in China, where rivals including Daimler AG (DAI) and Nissan Motor Co. also plan to introduce similar models. Electric-car sales in China are forecast to exceed those in the U.S. by 2020, helped by government subsidies and investment as the Asian nation, the worlds largest polluter, seeks to cut emissions, according to the...