GM Chevy Volt

[scottf200]

The next generation Volt should have more SS inspired styling, and less an American Prius.

These look vastly different to me.

 

[Duckjybe]

I prefer this. Too bad you can't buy them in North America. I had to make mine.

 

[renim]

These look vastly different to me.

2014 SS Sports Sedan: High-Performance Sedan | Chevrolet

Chevy SS is RWD so it has a centre tunnel, it ain't no Pri.

 

[ElSupreme]

I just really hope they get rid of the blackout below the windows. And hope they can lower that window line just a bit.

Other than that I think it looks fine, if only a little bland.

 

[aronth5]

Inside the Chevy Volt battery lab Video and according to the video at 85k square feet the largest battery test lab in the automotive industry.
"The battery pack will use fewer batteries so that it can be smaller. It will be about 30 pounds lighter, too. The battery pack's weight will give the car a lower center of gravity for better handling and a more nimble and responsive driving feel. "

http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/28/autos/volt-second-generation/?hpt=ob_articleallcontentsidebar&iid=obnetwork

 

[gameon]

I wish they come out with initial prototype design..that was pretty slick. http://media.caranddriver.com/image...day-january-7-2007-photo-349567-s-520x318.jpg

 

[RobStark]

I wish they come out with initial prototype design..that was pretty slick. http://media.caranddriver.com/image...day-january-7-2007-photo-349567-s-520x318.jpg

Less headroom,less interior volume, supercar rear visibility is always a winner in the mainstream market.

 

[Saghost]

Inside the Chevy Volt battery lab Video and according to the video at 85k square feet the largest battery test lab in the automotive industry.
"The battery pack will use fewer batteries so that it can be smaller. It will be about 30 pounds lighter, too. The battery pack's weight will give the car a lower center of gravity for better handling and a more nimble and responsive driving feel. "

http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/28/autos/volt-second-generation/?hpt=ob_articleallcontentsidebar&iid=obnetwork

Yup. According to the SAE paper, the new version will use 192 cells instead of 288 (to be hooked in parallel pairs instead of triplets.) The new cells are somewhat more than 50% greater capacity, however, so the battery will contain more energy despite being smaller and lighter (isn't progress wonderful?)

GM is keeping exact numbers under their hat for now - my personal guess is that it is the same cells as the new Spark EV pack (though obviously in a different geometry) and 19.2 kWh.
Walter

 

[Rifleman]

my personal guess is that it is the same cells as the new Spark EV pack (though obviously in a different geometry) and 19.2 kWh.
Walter

I agree 100% on this speculation.

 

[GSP]

Walter,

I did not realize there is an SAE paper on the new Volt. Do you have a paper number or a link?

Thanks,

GSP

 

[Saghost]

Walter,

I did not realize there is an SAE paper on the new Volt. Do you have a paper number or a link?

Thanks,GSP

Here's the article:

http://articles.sae.org/13666/Extensive

Discussion and speculation on it here:

SAE Article on 2016 Volt

Walter

 

[JRP3]

I wish they come out with initial prototype design..that was pretty slick. http://media.caranddriver.com/image...day-january-7-2007-photo-349567-s-520x318.jpg

Actually it wasn't really slick, as in poor aerodynamics, though I agree it did look better. Personally I always thought it should have looked more like the Converj/ELR.

 

[tftf]

Wha interests me is if they can hit the $30k price point before rebates or subsidies with the new Volt. The current 2015 list price is about $35k before tax incentives. So far, they only say construction costs will be lower.

Marketing or positioning within GM will be interesting to watch as well since GM will also launch a pure EV with 150-200 miles of range shortly after the Volt 2 is ready.

For example, it looks like only that EV (not the Volt) will be sold by most GM sister brands abroad (Opel and so on).

 

[Mr X]

Wow the new Civic... i mean Volt looks great...

What the heck did they do to it????? It looks so cheap and generic smh

 

[dpeilow]

Well they're both blue...

 

[rolosrevenge]

Marketing or positioning within GM will be interesting to watch as well since GM will also launch a pure EV with 150-200 miles of range shortly after the Volt 2 is ready.

I'll believe it when I can buy it.

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

.../ What the heck did they do to it????? It looks so cheap and generic smh

Yeah… I really do not get the point with that double grille. It just looks really bad. The single grille on the current Volt looks so much better. It seems whoever has been calling the design shots for Chevy doesn’t know what he or she is doing…

 

[rabar10]

The silver textured grille blocker, both on this new one and the existing Volt, reminds me of the tarps (or cardboard sheets) that semi-truck drivers put over most of their radiator grilles in winter...

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Yeah… I really do not get the point with that double grille. It just looks really bad. The single grille on the current Volt looks so much better. It seems whoever has been calling the design shots for Chevy doesn’t know what he or she is doing…

They might have active shutters on one part of it.

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

They might have active shutters on one part of it.

If that's the case then that could easily have been incorporated in a single grille design.

I’m leaning more towards that someone – for some reason – has decided to kill off the Chevy brand by design…


The SS

The Cruze

The Malibu

Compare with the Impala that hasn’t yet received that kiss-of-death facelift.