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A statement issued in New York by GM in 2007, stated: “GM`s most electrifying advanced technology vehicle is the Chevrolet Volt concept, a battery-powered, extended-range electric passenger vehicle”.
“It uses a gas engine to create additional electricity. The technology behind the Volt concept, GM`s E-flex System, allows electricity to be produced from gasoline, ethanol, bio-diesel or hydrogen, helping to provide a global solution to diversifying transportation energy sources,” it said.
It said that the car was developed by its lead designer “a soft spoken native of Nigeria and 1994 alumni of CCS, Jelani Aliyu after a 10-month marathon sprint to bring the Volt to reality”.
The CCS is the College for Creative Studies for automobile design in the US and it produces designers for all the automakers in the country.
“The marathon started with tough competition amongst eight designers and their concepts that were developed in two short months, with 7 of the 8 scale model concepts reviewed and eliminated,” it noted.
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Aliyu, who hails from the northwestern state of Sokoto, was born in 1966 in Kaduna and is married with two children. He attended Capital School, Sokoto and Federal Government College in the same town, where he received an award as a student in technical drawing and creative art.
In an interview with PANA on telephone from Detroit, Aliyu said: “The Chevy Volt is my concept and design and was last week showcased at a motor show in Detroit and will also feature in another one this week in Washington DC”.
“I draw a lot and also designed my own cars and even built scale models of them, complete with exteriors and interiors, so that is from where get my inspiration,” he said.
He said that he had a brief stint at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, where he initially planned to study architecture, but later got a scholarship from the Sokoto government to study in the US.
He is now a senior and lead exterior designer at GM headquarters, where he is working on various GM models, with some of them now on sale in the US, Canada and Europe.
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