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General Motors is laying the groundwork for its European subsidiary as it has reportedly set to introduce the Opel Ampera at the Geneva Auto Show this coming March. With this development, GM is set to extend its line of electric cars across the Atlantic and is aiming to be the first European automobile manufacturer to provide customers several hundred kilometers of non-stop electric driving.

The five-door, four-seat Ampera will run for up to 60 km on electric power and then switch to an internal combustion engine for as long as the gas tank or your bladder holds out. The lithium ion batteries will charge on 230-volt electric power; in the U.S. there are options for 120 volt charging or 230 volts.