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We did learn that GM tested a full size Prius in their wind tunnel and found their numbers were different from Toyotas and that the production Volt is now showing nearly identical numbers, which represents a 30% improvement over the concept Volt.
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So the Prius
is a benchmark. Good!
This is from an EV World article:
http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1428
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As GM designers explained it, trying to make room for that middle fifth seat would have forced them to raise the roof, disrupting the car's finely tuned but still evolving co-efficient of drag, which is "somewhere south of 0.30" according to VP of Product Development John Lauckner
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As for selling the cars, there will be none of the leasing games GM played with the EV1. You pay your cash, you own your car, period.
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