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Next-Generation GM Hybrid System Announced at Geneva Motor Show

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2008-03-04, GENEVA - As another key element in its overall global strategy to improve fuel economy and reduce oil consumption and CO2 emissions, General Motors Chairman Rick Wagoner announced today that GM will introduce a second-generation version of the GM Hybrid System with a new, more powerful lithium-ion battery.

Highlights:
- High-volume system will debut in North America in 2010, and then expand globally
- Hitachi to supply new lithium-ion battery
- Cost-effective technology to improve fuel economy by up to 20 percent

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