http://www.motorcities.com/contents/...044717891.html

Mostly just fluff but I will highlight some interesting stuff. Be sure to go to the link to get the hi-res versions.

A picture of the Volt's battery pack. From the article it will be b/t the front seats and go back under the rear seats.


An under hood shot.


Design room (I am assuming the thing under the tarp is the production Volt as well as the to the right not under the tarp is an interior buck or something similar). I am thinking the Volt will be more of a hatchback than I previously thought after seeing this.


A graph showing charge and operation modes.

 

That is a strange looking three cylinder engine.

 

it looks like 8 intake tracts...

 

Prbly just an engine cover nothing more.

Interesting to see that charge graph though. Wish it was labeled with %'s though.

 

Engine cover or not - the headlights on that car are nothing like those on the Volt. Look at the body lines as well. Very strange.

On the batteries - yes, the pack is a "T" shape. It rides down the center channel of the car and behind the rear seats. Also interesting to see that the shots show a lithium polymer cell.

I'm curious as to compare this pack with the 2nd generation pack on the EV1. I thought those things could get 40-50 miles?

 

The Volt will be Malibu sized right? I don't see that battery pack sitting in anything smaller.

 

I believe that the Volt is a Delta (or will be Delta II) like Cobalt and Astra.

Those lights look nothing like either the concept or the teaser image of the production shot. The Volt concept and what we've seen of the production don't have the lights come up over the fenders at all.

 

Agreed. That's no Volt.

 

Cobalt sized? It'll weigh as much as a new Camaro and it's going to be Cobalt sized?

That's fail right there.

 

Who said it will weigh as much as the new Camaro? The current Cobalt on Delta I is about 2900 lbs. Sure the IRS and updated structure may weigh a little more but not 600+ lbs that should be b/t this and the new Camaro.

 

And 2 yrs after its released there will be a study saying how they increase the chances of birth defects and testicular cancer.

 

But only in mice in California.