Chevrolet Volt: Charging into the Future

The Chevrolet Volt was introduced to the motoring public with great fanfare in autumn 2008. Clean styling and creative engineering have created a tremendous buzz around the Volt, which is unlike any electric car to date. Chevy Volt takes you behind the scenes of the car's development from concept to finished product. With unprecedented access to the people that made the car happen, author Larry Edsall brings you behind the scenes with exclusive photography from General Motors. In-depth interviews of the designers, engineers, aerodynamicists, and other key figures reveal the hurdles and setbacks, advances and victories in the car's evolution. No other book offers the unrestricted access to the development of one of the most important cars from Detroit--ever!

Larry Edsall was snatched away from a career as a daily newspaper sports editor to become motorsports editor at AutoWeek magazine. Before long, he was its automotive industry news and motorsports editor, and for most of his 12 years he served as the magazine’s managing editor. Edsall left Detroit for Phoenix in 1999 to help modernize one automotive website then launched another, iZoom.com. He is a freelance contributor to several automotive and lifestyle publications.

The sparks start to fly — The concept takes shape — From concept to reality — Empowering the Volt — Insulating the Volt against the "antibodies" — Tunnel vision — Screen play : the Volt interior story — Surge protectors — With Volt, Detroit becomes the (Electric) Motor City — Driven to be so extraordinary that it's downright and delightfully ordinary.