Here is a link to a favorable review of the Volt done by Popular Mechanics where they find the car gets 32 mpg city. Whats with that ? just about any car on the road gets that kind of mileage.
Perhaps the car should be branded to people who want the latest gadget more then the greatest economy
I think they should make it with a 600 mile / 1000 km range and be fully electric.
Then with about 5 Grand of solar panels and batteries you have your own charge station.
$5000 divide by 4 years or 48 months would cost
$104.166667 dollars per month to operate. Crunching those numbers it actually make sense to invest in your own charge station,the batteries should last 5 or more years at the charge station.
Popular Mechanics Finds Chevrolet Volt Gets 32 MPG City and 36 MPG Highway in Extended Range Mode