<a href="http://www.newsday.com/business/obama-promotes-job-creation-at-mich-battery-plant-1.2106281" target="_blank">President Obama was at a plant in Michigan that will build batteries for Chevy and Ford's electric cars. </a> 
He also got the chance to sit in the new Chevy Volt hybrid and and an electric Ford Focus. At the end of the video he says he recommends 'em. Well, I'm convinced. 
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President Obama was at a plant in Michigan that will build batteries for Chevy and Ford's electric cars. He also got the chance to sit in the new Chevy Volt hybrid and and an electric Ford Focus. At the end of the video he says he recommends 'em. Well, I'm convinced.

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