Scientific American published an article today about the much-talked about Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid car.
The magazine calls it "Chevy's worst kept secret," and its no wonder: blogs have been speculating and posting photos of design shots for literally years and the Volt has still not hit the streets.
Leaked photos of the production 2011 Chevrolet Volt indicate the car company is still far from decided on its final plans.
I'm not sure if GM meant for their car to be hyped for so many years, but at a certain point you have to wonder if they aren't nervous about setting expectations too high.
Its also not surprising that people are commenting on how the design has changed since the first photos of the Volt leaked out: so many years have passed since then, car styles have literally changed!
Joking aside, it will be cool when Chevy finally does release the Volt.
The Chevy Volt is the first ins a series of cars by GM with electric propulsion systems.
In other words, the Volt is an electric vehicle with a small gasoline engine to "assist" the battery.
This is also known as a "gasoline assist" hybrid.
The Chevy Volt electric/gasoline-assist car
UPDATE (Sept. 13, 2008): The mainstream news media picked up on the report of the inadvertent image leaks, with CNN, the LA Times, and the AP all running stories today:
The magazine calls it "Chevy's worst kept secret," and its no wonder: blogs have been speculating and posting photos of design shots for literally years and the Volt has still not hit the streets.
Leaked photos of the production 2011 Chevrolet Volt indicate the car company is still far from decided on its final plans.
I'm not sure if GM meant for their car to be hyped for so many years, but at a certain point you have to wonder if they aren't nervous about setting expectations too high.
Its also not surprising that people are commenting on how the design has changed since the first photos of the Volt leaked out: so many years have passed since then, car styles have literally changed!
Joking aside, it will be cool when Chevy finally does release the Volt.
The Chevy Volt is the first ins a series of cars by GM with electric propulsion systems.
In other words, the Volt is an electric vehicle with a small gasoline engine to "assist" the battery.
This is also known as a "gasoline assist" hybrid.
The Chevy Volt electric/gasoline-assist car
UPDATE (Sept. 13, 2008): The mainstream news media picked up on the report of the inadvertent image leaks, with CNN, the LA Times, and the AP all running stories today:
- CNN, "Photos of Chevy Volt leaked"
- LA Times, "Volt leaks"
- AP, "GM says Volt photos inadvertently posted on the Web"
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