hmmm

I loved my Chevy volt, it was a first Gen, 30 mile range on electric. But man we used the crap out of that thing. Could drive to work and sometimes all the way home, only really burned gas on the weekends or if we went out after work.

Would've been better if we had a level 2 charger at home, as it was we were stuck at like 1.3kw charging, so overnight for a full charge.

Had it for almost 3 years, bought it broken for cheap and fixed it. It was getting long in the tooth, battery showing its age (expensive replacement), AC starting to leak under the dash (expensive fix), and transmission starting to leak (never investigated, but presumably expensive fix).

Also needed a handful of other repairs that I was waiting for for weather before doing.

Wife hated it because it didn't do great in the winter, both traction and range. Plus the blind spots were big.

With all that... when I slid into a ditch last month, and the insurance totaled it.. I let them keep it.

Ended up with a gas guzzler again, but if I could get another good deal on a 2nd Gen, or if they ever come out with a 3rd Gen, I'd gladly drive one again.

They're perfect because you can be electric as much as you can be, but still have range and instant fill up at a gas station.

I love my a good PHEV.