In his column, Bryan Laviolette reviews the whole Chevy Volt faux problem, and what GM has done about it, including CEO Dan Akerson's statement before a U.S. House panel that the company didn't design the Volt to be a “political punching bag.”
"The Volt is a revolutionary vehicle, one virtually every other automaker in the world is feverishly working to replicate. Extended-range electric vehicles like the Volt could represent a major part of the future of personal mobility because of the way they combine gasoline-free operation with the freedom of a gasoline- powered car," he writes.