Prototype Lithium Battery Blows Up at GM Research Lab

Updates

April 12, 2012: according to the WSJ (print edition, not linked), the battery in question was being developed by A123 (Watertown, Massachusetts) for the aptly named Spark.

Back in November, 2011,  I wrote this:

The Chevy Spark is due to be released in the summer of 2012. Yes, the Spark. Something tells me GM has formed a focus group to determine whether a different name might be warranted.

Now, more than ever. 

Original Post 

Edited post (I got several notes that relating this story to the Volt was inappropriate).

Prototype lithium battery blows up at GM research lab; one seriously injured.

Blowing up before being put into the Volt vehicle saves a lot of unnecessary work.

On another note, unrelated to the battery: I believe the Volt assembly line remains shut down, waiting for the surge in demand to balance out with supply.