GM’s Buyers Snub ‘Obamamobile’ Volt as Campaign Gets Hot

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Pity the Chevy Volt. Ever since it became known that the plug-in hybrid car’s batteries had burst into flames after government crash tests, the Volt has become the whipping boy of Republican politicians.

Conservatives have equated General Motors Co.’s Volt with everything from government bailouts to radical left-wing environmentalism.