Getting a charge from the Chevy Volt
Business • August 2009 • Views: 497
n addition to being a key figure in the Volt’s development, Weber clearly has got a car engineer’s love of driving. His high-speed tour around the track gave me a feel for the “driving experience” GM executives tout with the Volt, which is due late next year.
I was prepared for the zippy acceleration. Models will vary of course, but electric vehicles can boast great acceleration—the Tesla Roadster is faster off the line than many sports cars, for instance—and they deliver their full torque at all speeds.