Alison van Diggelen: GM CEO Dan Akerson: On Chevy Volt Future and Climate Change

And the facts about global warming? Fresh Dialogues had to ask.

"We're doing the right thing for the company at the right time. We will leave it up to the consumer how they interpret that." Akerson said.

But his position on climate change is clear. During a Commonwealth Club interview, he confessed that he "believes" in global warming, adding, "Several GM executives say 'you don't say that in public.' Well, this may surprise you but my underwear doesn't have GM stamped on it... I am an individual and I do have my own convictions."