Chevy Volt On The Move

Sick of seeing photos of the Chevy Volt? Well, feast your eyes on these videos!

The first video shows the Volt driving around slowly to the anesthetic sounds of this year's greeny marketing band, Coldplay. You also get some more footage of the interior gadgets etc.

The second video is from My Ride which has a lot of the same footage but the voice over gives you plenty of information on how the E-Flex system works among other things. It also shows (finally!) how you plug this baby in and how, running 240 volt AC power like we do here in the land of Oz, you can charge the Lithium Ion battery pack in only 3 hours.

Still no video of someone using that giant gear shift thingy in the center console though and it would be nice to hear the car running (if that's possible).

Thanks for the tip Engadget.

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Informative video:

Production Chevy Volt Photos Leaked!

The moment we've all been waiting for has arrived. After months of spy shots and teaser photos we finally get to see shots of the production version of GM's wunderkind, the Chevy Volt.

Props to gm-volt.com for bringing us these leaked studio photos but I must say I am totally underwhelmed. I knew the Volt was going to look different to the out-there concept but they've managed to make it look boring. Then again, it could just be the weird angles most of the photos are taken from.

Understandably the production Volt is a lot more rounded than the concept which was just a tad un-aerodynamic and I have to admit it is a lot more attractive than the whale-like Prius. I don't mind the rear and the black (glass?) roof is a nice touch but the best thing about it is that this thing is real. Real full electric propulsion, real E-Flex system, real plug-in charging. W000T! I'd buy one.

By the way, if you're wondering who the guys in the suits are they're GM senior execs.

More photos and original story available here.

Edit: More (and higher res) photos available at Autoblog.