http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2010-11-12-volt12_ST_N.htm

Chelsea Sexton was featured prominently in an article in USA Today as a former anti-GM protester turned CAB Volt tester. The article mentions that the 15 member advisory board has received pre-production Volts to try for the next three months. Although the article focuses on the irony of a former GM adversary turned advocate (one quote "Sexton is pumped. When a driver in a red Toyota Prius pulled alongside at a stop sign on Main Street and asked the price of Volt, Sexton was happy to reply. She expects lots of questions everywhere she drives.") it does also highlight the CAB and the fact that GM is looking for feedback from a variety of opinion leaders. The only other CAB member mentioned by name is Colin Summers because he is a former EV1 driver. It is an inersting read.

I think Chelsea is more than just an excellent choice for this effort, but an obvious one. Her background with GM and the EV1 gives her expertise that very, very few people in the whole world possess. I am glad she is all smiles and hope she has fun.

As I've said here before, when I started seriously researching this field in January 2008, I quickly learned that you could take Chelsea's opinions to the bank. She's well spoken and she knows what she's talking about.

Right on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trze_VJbFRs&feature=player_embedded

What Chelsea had to say

The reporter spoke to me on the bluetooth in the Volt while I was climbing up the hill from the flats of Beverly Hills up to Mullholland drive. (I burned 0.6 gallons in Mountain Mode to ensure that I arrived at a friend's house with enough battery for him to stomp on the pedal without running me to empty. Test drive detailed on my blog tomorrow morning.)

She was fun to talk to and said she'd be doing periodic check-ins with the CAB members during the three month trial.