Design of the Volt is finished
General Motors has “essentially finished” designing its first plug-in hybrid car, the Chevrolet Volt, and says it will have production-ready prototypes within 10 days.
The automaker still has considerable work to do on the car’s lithium-ion battery and other technology in the two years before the Volt is scheduled to go on sale, but completing the design is a milestone for what is arguably the most crucial car in decades for GM.
The Volt would be able to travel at least 40 miles, or 64 kilometers, on battery power alone, GM said Thursday. The battery is recharged by plugging a cord into a household outlet.
Bob Boniface, the director of design for the Volt, showed sketches of the car and photos of its front and rear corners at an industry conference in northern Michigan. He said GM had made the Volt more aerodynamic and attractive since displaying it as a concept car at the Detroit auto show in January 2007.
Source: International Herald Tribune
The new design I think is going to look better than the concept. I like both but something tells me they streamlined the production car.
I think both designs look a bit too much japanese. I know that GM is trying to make the car look tech saturated but they coulda kept the american car feel of it.