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Old 01-12-2015, 09:19 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ChazInMT View Post
I don't know what the Cd is on this car. The template goes to 35% or so to the back of the lip on the car here.
I'm very curious about this as well, but have not seen it mentioned in any article on the car so far. Unfortunately, I think if it was anywhere close to Tesla territory, GM would be trumpeting that fact in the press releases, which leads me to believe they haven't markedly improved it.

Here's a screen cap from their promotional video on the new Volt, with some smoke traces:

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