NVDL: One of the obvious ways to increase energy (note I didn't say fuel) efficiency in vehicles is to do the same thing bike manufacturers do:
1) make them more aerodynamic
2) make them lightweight but still strong
It's good to see that psychology at work on the Volt. It's not a bad looking car.
Love it or hate it -- and a lot of people hate it because they think it looks like a Prius -- the Chevrolet Volt that General Motors unveiled today is one slick number. The General's engineers spent more than 1,000 hours in the wind tunnel, nipping and tucking the angular concept car we first saw at the Detroit auto show to make it as aerodynamically efficient as possible.
The result is a car that's more aerodynamic than the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic Insight. We've got more details on that in the story we posted this morning, and GM's provided a promo video of aero engineer Nina Tortosa discussing the process in GM's massive wind tunnel, which you can see more of in the gallery we've posted.
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clipped from blog.wired.com
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