Three unidentified sources said that Dan Akerson, who is General Motors Co.'s Chief Executive Officer, seeks to triple the company's target for electric-car sales by expanding the market for the Chevrolet Volt and adding models that would share similar technology. The sources disclosed that Akerson asked GM's executive team in early December to find ways to sell three to four times as many electric cars as planned for 2012 by mid-decade.
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