Chevrolet Volt's Posterous  

Last week the Volt team paid Madison, Wisconsin, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, visits as Volts are now available for purchase state wide. We first stopped in Madison where, after a short tour of the University of Wisconsin’s campus, we arrived at Ballweg Chevrolet in Middleton. It was interesting to meet some of the people who came out to our event. Take for example four video game developers from Raven Software and Activison. They told us they were intrigued with the different technology inside the Volt. One of the developers said he just needed to talk to his wife about the Volt and could see it in his garage shortly. Two advertising students from the University of Wisconsin also came out for rides in the Volt. We were told their professor tasked their class with creating an ad campaign for the Chevrolet Volt and, through our Twitter account, found out about the event we were hosting. They took down some notes, asked us some great questions and promised to show us what they came up with.
 
After our event in Wisconsin we headed off to Minneapolis, where we held ride and drives at Village Chevrolet in Wayzata. Of the more than 50 drivers, several were engineers who couldn’t believe how well the Volt handled.  As the Volt is now available in the greater Minneapolis area even the employees at Village Chevy waited patiently to take out the vehicle they had heard so much about. The last leg of our trip took us to General Mills corporate headquarters. Many of the employees there were fascinated by the Volt and told us they had never experienced a ride so smooth. Several drivers were anxious to drive the Volt and got out with big smiles when their drives concluded. More than once we heard “It’s so quiet. I can’t believe how well it drives!” The team had a great time talking with and meeting everyone who came out. We look forward to the next stops on the Volt tour: Lafayette, Indiana, Portland and Seattle.