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Vauxhall's prototype electric car has arrived at its Ellesmere Port plant after workers drove it in relay from the firm's Luton base.

The Ampera goes on sale in 2012 but it is not certain whether it will be built in the UK.

Vauxhall bosses have said the Cheshire base, which produces the Astra, has a good chance of making the Ampera.

Managing director Duncan Aldred said the car was "a truly revolutionary vehicle."

He said it "catapults Vauxhall to the forefront of electric vehicle technology."

The company said Tuesday's 160-mile journey was the longest single road trip undertaken by an electric vehicle in the UK.

"A truly revolutionary vehicle that catapults Vauxhall to the forefront of electric vehicle technology."