Aliens shill for Chevy Volt in Super Bowl ad
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Apparently earthlings aren’t the only ones still trying to get a handle on the Chevy Volt.
Ahead of the big game, Chevrolet has released its upcoming Super Bowl advertisement for the plug-in hybrid on the internet, in which a man in a bathrobe goes out to his garage in the middle of the night and discovers a group of little cone-headed green and purple creatures inspecting a Volt.
Exasperated by what seems to be a recurring event, he tells them, “I’ll say it again, it’s electric, but when I need to go farther it uses gas. Please tell me you understand.”
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Just to drive the point home, the voice of Tim Allen closes the ad saying, “advanced technology, really advanced.”
The Volt is what Chevy refers to as an extended-range electric car. After its battery pack has been depleted a small internal combustion engine turns on to generate electricity to power the car. Several other automakers, including Ford and Toyota, are introducing cars this year that work in a similar way.
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After a year of disappointing sales and bad publicity General Motors is in the process of essentially re-launching the Volt, which is now available at dealers nationwide after a slow rollout since deliveries began in limited markets in December 2010. Only 603 cars were sold this past January as the automaker went about re-engineered the $39,995 car to address safety concerns brought about by government crash testing that led to fires in the electronics systems associated with its liquid-cooled battery pack.
Click here to watch the FoxNews.com special report: Building the Chevy Volt