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   BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: tonight. The good news from GM is an electric car is finally becoming a reality. The Chevy Volt , years in the making, will finally be in showrooms later this year. It's initially a limited production run available in what they're calling launch markets only. But the price, $41,000, may price it out reach of a lot of car owners and families who, despite wanting to save on gas, can't throw down that much money in this economy. There will, however, be a federal tax credit that will take the edge off that price.

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