General Motors chairman and CEO Dan Akerson strongly defended the safety of the Chevrolet Volt, saying the plug-in hybrid has become "a political punching bag."Akerson told a House Oversight and Government Reform panel Wednesday that the events cast "an undeserving, damaging light on a promising new technology.
He added that the Volt has suffered "collateral damage" from the negative publicity and denied that government safety regulators gave GM "a free ride."
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