Review: Chevy Volt — electrifying

 
GM has succeeded in making an outside-the-box electric vehicle that's alluring almost any way you look at it, including under the hood.

By Susan Carpenter,
Los Angeles Times
October 21, 2010

With most cars, idling at the arrival curb of a major metropolitan airport results in an instantaneous visit from the parking police: Whistles blown, arms akimbo, ticket pads drawn.

But the new 2011 Chevy Volt isn't most cars. Picking up the vehicle at Oakland International Airport, dozens of strangers slowed their wheeled luggage to get a better look at a car that's received as much attention as an A-list celebrity.

And those DayGlo-vested police who normally strike fear in idling drivers' hearts? They were, for the first time I've ever experienced, friendly and inquisitive — and seemingly ready to ditch their day jobs to hop in for the ride to L.A.

Having driven the car for a day, I wouldn't have blamed them.

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