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GM is working on ways to improve the Cd of the Volt. There are materials that reduce skin friction, and therefore reduce drag. Has GM thought about using ideas from these materials to improve the Volt's Cd?

http://www.triz-journal.com/archives/2007/04/04/
This article comments on riblets, for instance.
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2.) The photoshop folks would need to mock this up to see how it will look, but chamfered entries from the sides to the wheel well may look interesting and lower the Cd. This might "soften" the turbulence at the front of the wheel well and reduce the pressure by directing flow out to the side of the car at the rear of the well. Another idea would be to offer wheel well skirts for the rear wells as an OPTION. Don't buy it if you don't like it. I probably would not opt for skirts, but would need to see visual to say for sure.

Has anyone tried to make wheel well skirts with a transparent material? If we could order skirts with an antireflective transparent material, we would still gain the aerodynamic benefit of skirts, but avoid the change in appearance to the car. We could still show off our custom rims! Thoughts?
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