For the task at hand, GM picked Chevrolet's Marketing vice president Joel Ewanick to take his place in the driver's seat and depart from the GM Global Headquarters in Detroit, destination LA. The whole trip to the auto show will take five days.
“We done a number of these kind of drives and I have missed every one of them for one reason or another,” said Ewanick. “I told my wife I wanted to be able to drive across country. It’s a proof of concept for me. We’re making history here with the Volt. I don’t think I would do this for just any car.”
Of course, the Volt will be recharged several times during its 2,400-mile journey. Along the way, the Volt will make both scheduled and unannounced stops to visit dealers. After all, they all must be in tip top shape for the not so distant market release of the Volt.
The plug-in hybrid from Chevrolet enters production later this month at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant and will at first be made available in California, New York City and Austin, Texas.
“Some of the technology is so sophisticated,” Ewanick said about the reasons which led to this new Volt trip. “I want to help people understand it’s a real car, one that can be your only car.”
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