It looks like the Autobots are going green in the next installation of the Transformers movie franchise.

General Motors' vehicles were featured prominently in the first film, released in 2007, and it was revealed at this week's Chicago Auto Show that five more vehicles from the GM line-up will appear in the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. If that wasn't news enough, how about this: one of the star vehicles will be the company's rechargeable electric car, the Chevrolet Volt.

This is great news for the green car industry, especially when you consider that after a Camaro played a central role in the original film, awareness of the vehicle nearly doubled.

The Volt is capable of traveling as far as 40 miles on a single electric charge, but will also have a small gas engine to be used as back-up.

Check out the teaser for the new Transformers movie below.

» Forbes.com