[Grabber]

As a Volt owner, I'll chime in.

My wife lives 10 miles from work (16 before) and she NEVER uses gas. We pay maybe 30 bucks more a month in Electricity, however, we don't fill her car up unless we take longer than normal drives, etc. When gas kicks in, she still gets nearly 40MPG on the street and closer to 43-45 MPG on the highway cruising around 60 MPH. On a good day, including the EV range and the Gas, you can get over 425 miles in one shot. Not to mention the car drives EXTREMELY well, handles amazing, the brakes are phenomenal, great sound system and other features.

In making her choice, she was looking at the Cruze and Malibu Eco. Both cars did not ride/drive smoother, handle as well and give us the excitement. The Cruze was sluggish and was very small on the interior, and the Malibu felt exactly like the Cruze except it had a bit more room on the inside and had a sleeker look to it.

The Back-up Camera, Free-on star for 3 years (Only in a Volt) Bose Sound system, badass Navigation and overall great car gave us what we needed to make a choice.

Most people that own Volt's don't always charge their car and run on the gas engine which still has a longer range than the higher fuel capacity Cruze and Malibu on gas plus the EV Range.

The charging time is a bit slow, however, in our situation, plugging it in at night and unplugging it a couple of hours before leaving for work ends up working out great. Now, if you are solely relying on the electric and not wanting to use the gas, well, there is something wrong with that person.

Anyone that wants to pass judgement on a Volt and has not driven one or rented one for a day (Most dealerships do this) please do so before hand.