Why did GM go to all the trouble of developing something new instead of improving its previous electric car, the EV1?
• A. Volt is an electric car with the flexibility that most American drivers need. We heard from American drivers that the current cars on the market aren’t giving them what they want. They want freedom from the gas pump and freedom from the charging station. And that’s why we built the Volt as a better electric car. The Volt can be your only car. A car that gives you freedom from gas and freedom to drive anywhere you like. • Q.