Volt chief designer Bob Boniface has just given a speech about the production Volt in Traverse City Michigan.

Along with that, GM has just released new teaser photos of the production vehicle.

You can see more of the front quarter and now for the first time ever, the rear.

Other facts coming out of the meeting is that because of the aerodynamic design changes, and additional 6 or 7 miles of AER has been achieved, and that GM expects to have 50 prototypes using production parts running by year-end.

I may get the chance to talk to Bob later today, so if you have any questions for him place them into the comments.

 

HOW MUCH???

 

I'm excited that GM appears to have kept a lot of the original design "flavor" of the concept car. If they can make this car look unique enough and make it something that gets recognized when it drives down the street, I think that will really help sales and public perception.

I'd like to know when the final production car (and pricing) will be revealed and what interested customers can do to get their name on a waiting list to purchase a Volt.

 

Way Cool!!

Cant wait to se the HHR version, in RED!

Red HHR

 

Great!!!! Let's see more.

 

Is that a side port plug in I see?

Red HHR

 

Quit teasing. Let's see the rest of it!

 

Lyle says:

"You can see more of the front corner and now for the first time ever, the rear."

+++++

Where do you see that? I only see one picture showing the left front fender and part of the grill. Are there more pictures I can't see?

 

#5 red hhr, I completely missed that. I think your right. Then another question I have is will there be another port on the passenger side or is it just going to be on the drivers side?

 

Looks inviting - like the comments on the size - it was one of my largest concerns - need to be able to put golf clubs in the trunk.

Planning on buying a Volt and a 2 mode plug in Vue as soon as possible!

As with the Camaro I would like to know colors and options pricing ASAP

 

Just what does "6 or 7 miles of AER has been achieved"
mean? Does it mean they have added that to the 40 previously
announced?

IMWTK

BTW, why is the site so slooooow?

 

# 8 Gsned57

Look for a port on both sides.

 

The Reuters story about the GM-Volt.com waiting list is on the short list of news items on the Yahoo opening page this AM. You don't even have to click to "more news"! Dr. Dennis really is becoming world famous. No Noel, alas, I guess I had my 15 seconds of fame!

If this keeps up, maybe GM will really have to pay serious attention to the loyal troops on the waiting list.

 

I agree with several other above - How much and how soon can we get on an official waiting list.

 

Lyle,

Can you please ask Bob Boniface what impact the battery in the center of the car has on the vehicle interior space? i.e. Will there be a center console between the front seats? Will there be room for cupholders or cargo in the center console? Will the battery come up above the front seat cushion?

Jeff

 

Just wanted to let you know, the Volt and your website got a full segment on a local radio talk show yesterday. Big O and Dukes on WJFK (Wash DC) did a whole segment on your website, the waitlist and the Volt.

Podcast is available on Itunes or wjfk.com. Sounds like they could have used someone to call in that had better information though. Tons of love for the Volt.

 

This suspense is horrible. Show us the whole thing!

 

OK, now I see the other photo. It was just extremely slow loading in. Is this site slow today to everyone else, or is it just me? I have tried three computers with the same slow loading time. Extremely slow loading of the home page and subsequent pages. It took over 5 minutes just to get from the web-address entry to see part of the home page. Usually I have it in seconds. Anyone else experiencing problems?

 

http://content.subaru.com/sub/misc/2009/nyautoshow/r1/

I laugh....why wait til 2010 people. A electric car has been in production and its the Subaru R1E. New york City is already testing the overseas version. They are planning on releasing it to the US very soon, much sooner than 2010. People wake up, GM is decades behind in the production of anything like this.

 

Clarification from the following website:

http://www.hybridcars.com/news/chevy-volt-design-details-slowly-emerge-0814.html

"Overall, Boniface said, airflow improvements have taken out 120 “counts” of aerodynamic drag, each count imposing a range penalty of roughly 0.025 miles in the city and 0.055 miles on the highway. In other words, those improvements have added 6 to 7 miles to the production car’s all-electric range. He did not, however quote a coefficient of drag."

So, I take it that the current design has added to 6 to 7 all-electric miles, but compared to what car? The concept or mule. Either way, it is good news...

 

I like it! Looks like its a 3d model. Which is fine, just stating what i noticed.

 

"Other facts coming out of the meeting is that be the design changes, 6 or 7 miles of AER has been achieved, and that GM expects to have 50 prototypes using production parts running by year-end."

Lyle, I hope what you meant to say was, "Other facts coming out of the meeting is that BECAUSE OF the design changes, 6 or 7 miles of ADDITIONAL AER has been achieved".

 

NRiley:
"Anyone else experiencing problems?"--Yes, the site is very slow loading today for whatever reason. Possibly the massive increase in site visits since the Rueter's article?

 

This site is dead slow today.
I wonder if the server is being overloaded because of all the press lately.

 

If you have noticed, the wait list has grown by almost 2,000 in the last two days.