>Time to Pull plug on electric vehicle subsidies
On Thanksgiving Day, a Chevrolet Volt battery pack that had been recently crash-tested at a defense facility in Virginia caught on fire.
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It wasn’t the first time this happened, which is why the very next day, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched an investigation into the safety of the Chevy Volt, General Motors Co.’s signature plug-in electric car, and the risk its lithium-ion battery pack poses after a serious crash.
To quiet the fears of the roughly 5,000 Volt owners on the road today, General Motors announced it will loan cars to Volt drivers who are worried that their battery could ignite in the event of a crash. (On Thursday, the company’s CEO told the Associated Press that GM will buy back Volts from customers who fear that their vehicles will catch fire.)
The NHTSA investigation is just one of several setbacks experienced by the Volt, which, along with every other subsidized electric vehicle, has become the poster child of President Obama’s failed green agenda.
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