Chevy Volt Production Car unveiled, Concept was way hotter

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GM unveiled yesterday the production model of the all electric Chevrolet Volt. What have they done to the cool Volt Concept the company introduced in 2007? The production Chevy Volt lost all coolness the Concept Volt had.
GM says the design of the Volt has been "evolved". Biggest reason for the redesign was the bad aerodynamics of the Volt concept car. Still, I am disappointed at the design. The only part of the Volt that still looks somewhat good is the back. We are looking here at a car that goes in production in late 2010. This is still two years in the future. In two years the Chevy Volt will look old already.

See a video of the Production Volt, where you can see the Volt at the presentation and on the road. Read more

Posted on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:23:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Chevy Volt Concept Car at LA Auto Show 2007

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Press days for the 2007 LA Auto show wrapped up yesterday. GM Invited I4U to the show this year and their only stipulation to the invite, which included airfare and hotel accommodations, was that I needed to disclose the fact that GM paid the way out to the show. Once there GM didn’t care if I wrote about them or their vehicles.

The biggest things that GM talked about during the show were its new hybrid vehicles and the Chevy Volt concept car. The Volt is a very exciting concept car that is powered solely by electricity. The power to drive the Volt comes from the power grid from plugging it into the AC outlet in your home or at your office. GM says on a full charge the Volt can go 40 miles, which they expect to be enough for the daily driving of most drivers, without needing to use a drop of gasoline.

Where the Chevy Volt, called an extended range electric vehicle, gets very interesting is when you exhaust the battery. The volt has a small gas powered generator that recharges the battery to allow you to keep driving. That effectively means that so long as you have gas in the Volt, you can drive. I tried to get information on the fuel economy of the generator, but was unable to obtain that information from GM sources at the show. Read more

Posted on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:12:49 CST | by Shane McGlaun