Chevrolet Volt's Posterous  

Volts are taking center stage in Boilermaker country as they are now available statewide.  This week in Lafayette, Indiana, the Volt team was on hand for a ride and drive at Bill DeFouw Chevrolet despite the wet and windy weather. Here's what the Courier Journal had to say about the Volt becoming available! We met with some interesting folks including Defouw's first Volt customer. You can see what he has to say about the Volt below.  We also met a Toyota Prius owner who came out to see what the Volt had to offer. After an extensive look over and drive with the Volt he thanked us and went home only to return to DeFouw the next day to trade in his wife's Toyota Camry Hybrid for a new Chevrolet Volt.  

Our trip also took us to the campus of Purdue University as we were on hand to represent GM's commitment to the great engineering program offered by Purdue. The General Motors Foundation presented a $160,000 grant to the engineering school. Several members of Purdue’s electrical engineering department were anxious to hop into the Volt and, like many of our other drives, their trip concluded with a big smile and lots of compliments for the Volt.

It wasn’t just staff and faculty taking the Volt out though. Despite a rainy morning, students lined up to get a look at, drive and take pictures with the Volt.  Many of them were engineering students, who asked some great questions and already had a deep knowledge of the technology behind the car. More than one of them told us they had a blast taking the car around campus and hugging the curves of the roads while cruising on nothing but electricity.  We enjoyed our time in Indiana and are looking forward to some warmer weather when we head to Phoenix next week!