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Engineers sweat Chevy Volt details

CHEVY VOLT FORUM - Royal Oak -- Even on their days off, the engineers creating the Chevrolet Volt are working.

They're testing, measuring and evaluating what is arguably the most important vehicle in General Motors Co.'s history. They take their work home with them, literally, commuting in the vehicles, strapping baby seats in the back or picking up groceries.

When the official auto show season kicks off next month in Los Angeles, the Volt will play a starring role. On Monday, at Athens Coney Island, a group of Volt engineers talked about the car and how its development is progressing.

A half-dozen of the 75 Volts rolling around North America were lined up in the parking lot. Some had white grease pencil marks noting gaps or other fixes that needed to be addressed. The test vehicles, each costing more than $250,000 to create, are a work in progress.

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