This is probably the primary driver of the Volt’s cancellation. So why kill it? The Volt is a sedan, and demand for four-door cars has been falling marketwide. But even if the range had been shorter, the Volt’s hybrid status eliminates that electric car range anxiety because she could have stopped at a gas station in a pinch.
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The rated range of 53 miles for a full charge of electricity held up, allowing my wife to drive her 50-mile round trip commute entirely on electricity.
But with some minor behavior changes - like plugging it in at night to charge up the battery - you can save money and the environment. If you like, you can drive it like a normal car and never plug it in at all. And, unlike full-electric vehicles, it’s easy to loan to people who are unfamiliar with the quirks of electric cars. Unlike Teslas, which run on electricity alone, the Volt is a “plug-in hybrid” that has a smaller battery pack, but it also packs a gasoline engine that starts up when the battery runs out of juice. We hardly noticed the switchover between electric and gasoline propulsion. The technology in the car is astonishing. I bought a second-generation Volt in 2016, and before it was totaled in a crash (there were no serious injuries), my then-wife and I put more than 18,000 all-electric miles on the car, with just shy of 2,000 gasoline miles on the clock. For the Volt, which received so much attention when it launched, it’s natural that its boosters would claim every sale as a victory, while nothing would satisfy those who think of it as a “ Government Motors” boondoggle. Deliveries eventually grew to more than 20,000 units per year in both 20, putting the Volt on par with what Porsche has predicted for sales of its upcoming Taycan electric car. In 2011, its sales goal was 10,000, but Chevy only sold 7,671. Though the Volt’s sales numbers fell short of the original projections, it was hardly a failure. In 2012, President Obama promised to buy one when he left office, and talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh repeatedly bashed both Obama and GM for the Volt, saying that “nobody wants it” and criticizing the $7,500 federal EV tax credit. The Volt has always been a political football. The Volt is sentenced to death in March 2019
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