2011 Chevrolet Volt in Action

No boring Volt tax credit or other hybrid technology news here. Today we finally get to see the Volt in action running around on the streets in real life.

In other Volt news, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz is defending the design of the production Volt over at GMs FastLane Blog.

The vehicle’s design has come under some criticism, most of it, to me, unwarranted, said Lutz. The challenge to the designers wasn’t to design the most beautiful car imaginable and accept the compromises you have to make to do so. It was, make no compromise to fuel efficiency and electric range, and then do the most beautiful design possible, around those aerodynamic dictates.

2011 Chevrolet Volt: