As a Canadian living in Korea, it's sometimes sickening to see these articles that depict Korea as a technological marvel. For all the buzz you see in the media about Korea, when you actually live here, it's another story altogether. What you are reading here is the American propaganda machine thumbing its nose at China and North Korea. You're trying desprately to show how enlightened are those who play ball with good ol' USA. you couldn't be further from the truth.
Actually, most commercial buldings in South Korea have no heat in the winter, and rely on electric fan heaters aimed directly at your feet. They have never heard of insulation, or even of closing doors, let alone solar or wind energy (except a token project on Jeju Island). Now, hybrid electric cars? Are you kidding me? They're happy to build parts for them for Europe or America, who have the luxury of caring about the environment, but don't kid yourselves. Koreans could not care less for the environment. They are 100% sold on the american dream, which is turning out to be an ecological nightmare. If you ever spent a day here, watching how people throw trash on the ground, and how corporations here scoff at the virtually non-existent environment protection laws, you would think twice about marveling at how Koreans take off their shoes to go into the factory. They do this because of how disgustingly dirty they have made it outside with their environmental pollution, pools of urine and vomit on public streets due to rampant alcoholism, and general disregard they have for their environment, themsleves, and for others.

Hello,

Good news to a country that I believe has been doing its best for a long time, South Korea.

Good news also for GM that has the opportunity to work on hybrid cars.

Best regards,

Manuel, Coventry, UK

Could this be "the end of the beginning"?

I VOTE TO IMPEACH OBAMA!

Don't kid yourself. GM will not keep the Volt, just like the EV that was put out already and squashed by the automaker due to the reason that they realized there was too little profit to be made in an 'engineless' vehicle. They cannot produce a vehicle that has a long life or doesn't need frequent maintenance or their profits will die. The main goal now is to see how they can design in planned obsolesce so you have to buy another one in 3 years. If they can't do it, they won't sell it.

The korean company helping them out sounds really good, but i still wonder why the US government wouldnt bail them out.

Will the production of the GM Volt it revolutionize the American auto sector? You bet it will.

My question is, why is LG manufacturing the components needed for this vehicle in S.Korea and not the United States? Why is there not an American company who can produce these power cells?

Saving GM? How about someone proposing to GM Management and US government that GM try to sell/merge with an upcoming Auto Company like BYD from China. It is likely the Dealerships and GM brands would be attractive for potential buyers who would probably only need to pay $5 Billion for GM. Its better than Bankruptcy.

Terrific news, not only are the Koreans working to get GM back on its feet and make good for their own country, but GM is finally putting something out that will effect the entire auto industry. Boy, do we need that. Good work Korean people. Thank you, thank you....

It sounds like these guys take battery making very seriously.

Battery powered cars are the way to go and all that talk abt battery cells being too expensive are all crap. its high time we stopped paying 40$ per hr to the american auto workers and get the same job done for 5$ elsewhere. hybrid cars are the future. oil will be over in the next 50 years. are we ready to pay 4$ per gallon for gas again in 2 years ?

Oh boy, America and the Americans are suffering from a total lack of confidence and self-esteem. Batteries to be made from Korea and that Korea is a leading technology country which cares deeply about the enviornment, or the purse? Is making batteries such a daunting task that America cannot do it, particularly when so many trillions are poured in to the bottomless pit of the banking and auto industry? Where is the foresight of the leadership, who would not think it fit to invest couple of billions in to pioneering technologies? I find it amusing for even few Germans praising the Koreans superior technology! Why is that VW or BMW or Merc do not go after the Koreans, extolling Korea's superior technology? Surely, you are allowed to walk in to any of the Bavarian factories with your shoes, yet, you always get the most superior product time and again! America needs self belief and focus more inwards than outwards. Time is running out

As a future car buyer, the Volt will not sell me over at all. I try my best to think of the environment and spend as little as possible on travelling. I know the deal with fuel cells is supposed to help the environment, but what does it take to manufacture them? They're not exactly sprouting from the ground, are they?