Volt update: with teaser pic
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Volt update: with teaser pic
http://www.motorcities.com/contents/...473804376.html
If that is the production model I think they made a good transition b/t concept and production.
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To summarize that unnecessarily long article:
They're working on the Volt's aerodynamics, because aerodynamics are an important factor in vehicle efficiency.
Plus, they included a rendering of an unidentified Chevy, which may or may not look anything like the Volt, in a wind tunnel.
Yep, just overflowing with new information, aren't we?
They're working on the Volt's aerodynamics, because aerodynamics are an important factor in vehicle efficiency.
Plus, they included a rendering of an unidentified Chevy, which may or may not look anything like the Volt, in a wind tunnel.
Yep, just overflowing with new information, aren't we?
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Anyways, it looks like just what I posted and I do believe the almost no front overhang is gone.
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Was the point of that article to remind us that GM still has a wind tunnel?
Didn't Bob Lutz recently make a quip something to the effect that the Volt concept was horribly unaerodynamic and joked that it would better if turned around backwards in the wind tunnel? If so, would it be all that praiseworthy to make a 30% improvement?
“I'm proud to say that after extensive aero development of the Volt, and more to come, we have achieved a vehicle that had a coefficient of drag that is more 30% lower in drag than the original concept,” said Welburn. “It’s not easy, but it is a necessity.”
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Was the point of that article to remind us that GM still has a wind tunnel?
Didn't Bob Lutz recently make a quip something to the effect that the Volt concept was horribly unaerodynamic and joked that it would better if turned around backwards in the wind tunnel? If so, would it be all that praiseworthy to make a 30% improvement?
Didn't Bob Lutz recently make a quip something to the effect that the Volt concept was horribly unaerodynamic and joked that it would better if turned around backwards in the wind tunnel? If so, would it be all that praiseworthy to make a 30% improvement?