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I am excited! I may actually willingly purchase an American made and engineered car. I’ve purchased a Mazda made in Detroit and a Mercedes made in Alabama, but they were not American engineered.

From Edmunds:

The Chevrolet Volt is projected to be released in November 2010 as the vehicle’s innovative gas-electric powertrain is being test-driven for the first time on public roads and is hitting its target of 40 miles on pure electric power.

“Today is a big day,” GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz told Edmunds’ AutoObserver in an exclusive interview Tuesday. “Today is the first day it is running on the street on battery power.”

Lutz said the Volt’s powertrain, comprised of an advanced lithium-ion battery and a small gasoline engine, was installed into a mule vehicle and is being driven on public roads around the automaker’s proving grounds in Milford, Michigan. More important, Lutz said, the battery is hitting GM’s goal of 40 miles on pure electric power.

“It is reliably meeting its objectives,” Lutz confirmed. “Even with a rough calibration, even with the wrong drive unit, the wrong body, etc. etc., it has been hitting its 40 miles on electric power.”

Learn more about the Volt.