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Pretty funny: Fox Business News reporter Jeff Flock braves winds of more than 125 mph inside General Motors giant wind tunnel in this cable TV report. Though he's harnessed, the winds are strong enough to scare the pants off our intrepid reporter, who says he believes his may be the first live report from inside such a man-made vortex.
There was actually a reason to be there: the 30th anniversary of GM's gh-tech wind tunnel, technically the General Motors Aerodynamics Laboratory. GM says that since the tunnel opened, its engineers have been able to cut wind drag on its vehicles by about 25%. That has raised gas mileage, GM says, an average 2-3 mpg per vehicle and is saving drivers up to 300 bucks a year, based on $3-a-gallon gas.
The vehicle in the video is Chevy's new Cruze due out in September.
Pretty funny: Fox Business News reporter Jeff Flock braves winds of more than 125 mph inside General Motors giant wind tunnel in this cable TV report. Though he's harnessed, the winds are strong enough to scare the pants off our intrepid reporter, who says he believes his may be the first live report from inside such a man-made vortex.
There was actually a reason to be there: the 30th anniversary of GM's gh-tech wind tunnel, technically the General Motors Aerodynamics Laboratory. GM says that since the tunnel opened, its engineers have been able to cut wind drag on its vehicles by about 25%. That has raised gas mileage, GM says, an average 2-3 mpg per vehicle and is saving drivers up to 300 bucks a year, based on $3-a-gallon gas.
The vehicle in the video is Chevy's new Cruze due out in September.
