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Originally Posted by shawn18
The estimated annual fuel cost of my wifes 2010 Malibu is 1560.00 dollars. Now the cost of a Volt is what 40k or so? I paid 17k for my wifes car. So with a difference of 23k +/-. If I wouldn't have to buy one drop of gas at all for the Volt , it would take me 14.7 years to make up the differnce in cost. I understand this is purely hypothetical and based on avereages but still , I dont see the appeal to this car. It is a great car I am sure. I just dont see me buying one.
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Exactly the point I was trying to make. The battery is under warranty for 8yrs or 100,000 miles but what is the cost to replace it? Where do you dispose of it? You can buy a brand new chevy cruze for $17,000 that gets 36 mpg. The cost of owner ship for a Volt doesn't justify the cost of the car. I'm not hating on the Volt. I would love to have one if the price was under $20 grand. If they really plan to make an impact on reducing our reliance on petroleum they are going to have to get that price down where the average middle class person can justify buying it.