Chevy Volt Concept (Before They Bitched It Out)

Added on November 8th, 2008 by the_duck | Report Post
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jimmieq (#4285)

17 years ago

What do you mean, “bitched it out?”
I don’t know jack about this car but it looks pretty sweet.

dieAntagonista

17 years ago

What’s that on the side? USB cable?
Oh lemme guess, all you need is a laptop to recharge it. Very nice.

NotJesus (#4740)

17 years ago

@jimmieq:
Maybe he was referring to Chevy’s plans to stop development and lay off the Volt staff. Or maybe that was a rumor started by one guy: http://jalopnik.com/5078988/rumor-gm-to-not-put-chevy-volt-program-on-hold-cut-engineering-staff-tomorrow

Cplus3 (#3634)

17 years ago

“All of this has happened before and all of it will happen again.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EV1

the_duck (#423)

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17 years ago

Although it’s still an awesome car, designed to be a plug-in hybrid that will run its first 40 miles on electric alone before switching to the gas motor, it was originally designed with a pretty aggressive look, with similar edges & lines like the new Camaro/Challenger style.

What it should’ve looked like:

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/01/07/detroit-auto-show-its-here-gms-plug-in-hybrid-is-the-chevy-v/

Instead we get this bitched out version, which looks more like a Chevy Malibu or something:

http://www.autobloggreen.com/photos/2011-chevy-volt-1/1039632/

I never drive more than 40 miles a day, so this would be a perfect car for me…until I get my electricity bill and realize I’m gonna get screwed there instead. Oh, and don’t they burn coal to generate energy? I don’t live near a nuclear plant, so I guess the environment loses either way.