Aftermarket Leads: GM CEO To Testify Next Week at Chevrolet Volt Hearing in Washington

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January 20, 2012 10:43 am

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GM CEO To Testify Next Week at Chevrolet Volt Hearing in Washington

Just the Facts:

• General Motors CEO Dan Akerson will testify in front of a U.S. House committee on January 25 that is probing how federal safety regulators are handling an investigation into fire risk in the 2011-’12 Chevrolet Volt.
• The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing is entitled: “Volt Vehicle Fire: What did NHTSA know and when did they know it?”
• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been looking into post-crash fire risk in an estimated 5,000 2011-’12 Volts.

WASHINGTON — General Motors CEO Dan Akerson will testify in front of a U.S. House committee on January 25 that is probing how federal safety regulators are handling an investigation into fire risk in the 2011-’12 Chevrolet Volt.

Greg Martin, a GM spokesman, confirmed for Inside Line on Thursday that Akerson is set to testify at the hearing at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The hearing will be streamed live on the committee’s Web site.

This is Akerson’s first testimony on Capitol Hill regarding the Volt.

Federal safety regulators opened an investigation into the Volt’s fire risk on November 25. GM responded with a voluntary “customer satisfaction program” that asks its 8,000 Volt owners to bring the plug-in hybrid back to the dealership for modifications.

NHTSA said it has not yet completed its probe of the Volt.

Inside Line says: Akerson’s testimony should provide some insight into how both the automaker and the feds have handled questions about the Volt.

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GM CEO To Testify Next Week at Chevrolet Volt Hearing in Washington