And yes, the Leaf–Volt competition just got a bit more interesting with the Leaf’s big price drop (thanks to in-US manufacturing). Nice to see it rise from those ~650 units a month to over 2,000/month.

MrEnergyCzar

I owned a Volt and a Leaf, but ended up selling the Leaf due to the range anxiety.

The Volt still let’s me drive 90% of the time on electric only except when I take long road trips. And it turns out the Volt is a “very good” road trip car even when running on gasoline…

Bottom line is that it is less stressful having an electric vehicle with no range limits, even if it uses gas once in a while. It is worth the higher price to eliminate that range anxiety.

Currently, best lease deals for the Volt is $175/month plus tax, $2700 down, 36 month, 10Kmiles/year. And you get $1,500 state rebate. You get savings of $100/month for not buying gasoline and paying for electricity. And if you earn $100/hr, and have been in traffic by not using carpool lanes, the Volt can save you $500/month by not visiting gas stations and saving time in carpool lane. The result is that you will be earning the net equivalent of at least $350/month. With Tesla, you will be paying the equivalent of $500/month. So get a Volt and earn $350/month instead of Tesla that would make you spend $500/month.

Again, sorry for being negative, but this was past even my threshold for disinformation. I strongly suggest HEAVILY editing this article or simply removing this post.

I am very rarely critical, but this is either a lack of understanding or very sloppy reporting. The Chevy volt only gets 98 MPG-e if you never burn a drop of gasoline. At 900 miles per fill up with a 9.3 gallon gas tank and 37 mpg on gas means:

9.3*37 =344.1 miles were driven on gasoline
900-344.1 =555.9 miles on electricity

((555.9*98 MPG-e) + (344.1*37 MPG))/900miles = 74.7 MPG-e actual for 900 miles per tank

This falls significantly short of the 98 MPG-e predicted by the EPA, not exceeding it.

MPG-e cannot approach infinity, it is a measure of efficiency on the amount of energy used to move the car and is not affected by the actual gasoline consumption.

Next, the Chevy Volt is not at all comparable to the Tesla Model S. Period. To compare it to a true electric car you need to look at the Leaf. There are probably even better comparisons out there, but this comparison would be fair. Unfortunately it loses to the Leaf. The Chevy volt in my area is $39K before rebates and the Leaf is $28K before rebates. The leaf also happens to have equal or greater rebates in every market I am aware of. Not to say the Volt doesn’t have advantages, but as stated this article is a lie.

MPGe has NOTHING to do with the total electric miles you put on your EREV between gas fill-ups. If people were going 900 miles on a single charge, well then, holy crap, that would be (900 miles fantasy range / 30 miles rated range) x 98MPGe = about 3000MPGe!!! Ermahgherd! Volt EREV MPGe cohrnfuhrzhuhn!!

Maybe if he had left 10 minutes earlier he could have achieved 40-45 mpg.