Production of the Chevy Volt lasted between 2010 and 2019 for the 2011 through 2019 model years. Interestingly, General Motors sold 11 units of the Chevy Volt through the second quarter of the 2021 calendar year.
Per a recent report from Kelley Blue Book, second-quarter 2021 sales for the Chevy Volt were down 71.8 percent year-over-year, with 11 units sold versus 39 units sold during the same time period in the 2020 calendar year. Year-to-date sales for the Chevy Volt amounted to 16 units, while GM sold 62 units of the hybrid in 2020.
By comparison, Kelley Blue Book reports that Toyota sold 24,713 units of the Prius during the second quarter of 2021, up 174.6 percent year-over-year compared to 9,000 units sold during the same time period in the 2020 calendar year.
The Chevy Volt was offered in two generations throughout its life cycle, with the first generation lasting between the 2010 and 2015 model years, and the second generation lasting between the 2016 and 2019 model years. The second-generation model was powered by a 1.5L I4 gasoline engine paired with a 18.4 kWh battery pack, delivering an all-electric range of 53 miles, a substantial increase over the 38 miles of all-electric range offered by the preceding 2015 model year.
What’s more, the second-generation Chevy Volt can deliver up to 106 MPGe combined city and highway fuel economy with both power sources, and 42 mpg using the gasoline engine exclusively. It is estimated that the frugal hybrid can provide thousands of dollars in fuel savings annually.
The sale of 11 units of the Chevy Volt during the second quarter of the 2021 calendar year is also an interesting indication of just how long unsold new cars can sit on dealer lots. As GM Authority covered in March, one dealer in North Carolina had a new 2018 Chevy Volt listed for sale, priced at $29,792 – $7,448 under MSRP.
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SAD the Volt never took off due to size small and cramped along with GM mismanagement of it. The FORD Mustang Mach E was the right call for the American market
Nothing to do with management and all to do with the flawed idea of a PHEV. You have to pay for and drag around an entire gas powertrain, an entire electric powertrain, plus a power splitter. When that’s all done, you’re short on space, weight, and cost to have batteries for decent range. It’s the worst of both worlds.
PHEVs are coming back, only in SUV and minivan forms that people want.
I wanted to buy a Volt, but in person it was too small.
The reason why they’re coming back is because most regulations allow them to treat PHEVs as an EV and rake in the benefits, such as CAFE, emissions credits, emissions cheating settlement, tax credits to buyers, HOV stickers, etc. Whereas GM tried to make a legit PHEV with the necessary range, and lost their shirt in the process, the new PHEVs hardly have enough range to make a daily commute, but the law doesn’t care.
Look at the numbers: Porsche Cayenne with 14 miles EV range, Subaru Crosstrek 17 miles, Jeep Wrangler 21 miles, Audi A8 18 miles, BMW 745e 16 miles. It’s how rich people buy their way into HOV lanes.
This comment from Sam is ridiculous. The average daily American commute is more than capable of being handled by the 40 mile range offered by the first generation Volts, and the even better range of the second generation. The gas tank is to get you home from slightly longer trips, or to facilitate road trips that aren’t hobbled by long recharge times or poor charging network infrastructure. The only EV I would trust for a road trip is Tesla. It’s all about the network. Until the infrastructure exists for every other EV manufacturer, I’ll gladly drive a PHEV with 40+ mile EV range to handle my commute without gas, and a gas tank for my annual cross-country road trips. When my Volt is done, I’m looking at the Rav4 Prime, or a Tesla. PHEVs aren’t bad. The public is too stupid to understand them.
Nope. Why did the Volt get discontinued? GM lost around $20k each. Exactly what I said: the powertrains and batteries ate up the money budget.
Go look at the PHEVs they sell today. Subaru Crosstrek 17 miles. BMW 330e 20-22 miles. Porsche Cayenne Hybrid 14 miles. Volvo XC90 18 miles. Far less than the average US round-trip commute of 16 miles.
*average one-way commute of 16 mi.
Than a hybrid that gets 40 miles per charge works perfectly. Yep
And yet Toyota sells all those Priuses.
Yeah I don’t know where this guy SAM is coming from…. Incidentally, there was no 2010 ‘model year’ – the first was 2011…
There may have been some truth that the 2011-15 models were too expensive to manufacture – but that is why the cost reduced 2016-19 models came out… As an example – the drive train motors of the GEN 2’s fit in the same space as just the large motor of the GEN 1. They also reduced the clutch count from 3 to 2, and the infotainment was much less costly on the GEN 2’s.
Its a shame they made the second generation vehicle smaller than the first. Too Narrow.
But i’ve had 2011, 2012, and still own a 2014 caddy ELR (GEN 1), and a GEN 2 2019 volt. Even with its failings I prefer driving the volt since it is quiet, and electric range is so great.
Toyota, (the world’s most profitable car company) seems to be doing very well with their plug-in Prius Primes and Rav4 Prime – the latter being a vehicle of
the size families want, and its finally acceptable 42 mile epa range.
The GEN 2 volt (and all the toyota plug ins – very similar powertrains) I’ve never believe cost too much to make. TOYOTA is definitely not losing money on anything, and the RAV4 Prime is in great demand.
I just purchased a totally electric 2022 BOLT EUV, and while its size is getting there, I can’t wait for a decidedly size GM plug-in.
As far as SAM’s comment that you are carrying around excess equipment – you wouldn’t believe how physically small the engines are in these vehicles. Much less space and weight that a Large totally ev vehicle would require.
Most of the richer BEV only Tesla or Audi Etron drivers also have never used (other than continual ‘exercise’ periods) emergency generator sets for their homes. Those are the real wasted resources.
You’re not an engineer and don’t understand how much stuff you need to support an ICE. The moment you carry a single gallon of gasoline, you gain a huge amount of fuel handing, air handing, evap, and exhaust emissions control stuff. You handle more heat, you deal with motor oil.
Let’s see: Gas tank (must be metal for emissions), gas filler, EVAP canister, purge solenoid, an EVAP leak detect air pump, fuel pump, fuel filter, fuel piping (all multi-layer Teflon so you can meet CA AT-PZEV), air intake box, air filter, MAP sensor, engine rotating components, engine mounts and dampers, ignition coils, ignition drivers, fuel injector drivers, fuel injectors, EGR valve, EGR temperature, VVT solenoid, VVT variator, PCV valve and hoses, oil cooler, larger radiator, exhaust manifold, catalytic converters (big bucks to meet AT-PZEV), air injection pump (AT-PZEV again), 2 O2 sensors, exhaust pipe, heat shields, muffler.
ICE engines need a transmission of some sort, so you gained one more clutch and the electronics to support power split mode and tuning.
Plus now you have emissions certification and tuning, so you drive a fleet of cars to 150,000 miles on their engines for certification, and have a whole in-use emissions program. As a owner, you have state emissions checks every year or two.
Sam: BTW: Currently depending on model you have between 500 to 1500 individual microchips per ICE vehicle.
One of the reasons for the current chip shortage with American automakers. The chips are made in Asia. Asian automakers have the homeboy procurement advantage.
Politics rule.
HAHA ~ Sam I don’t how you got 3 upvotes for that comment… How do you know I am not an engineer? Most of what you stated is inapplicable to the Volt.
The only reason you ‘know’ there are 2 clutches in the vehicle is that I said so…. GM says there are 3 clutches but their definition of a clutch is so broad that it also sometimes includes brakes on a thru shaft. As far as hydraulically actuated devices that isolate 2 different shafts – the car only has 2.
Yes, modern cars are somewhat complex. But your summary is a bit of your ‘dream’ :
1). I honestly cannot remember the last time I had to replace a cat converter, muffler, or exhaust piping or tail pipes.
2, 3, and 4). Yes, radiators, spark plugs, ignition coils do require service on these cars – AT 98,500 or 150,000 MILE INTERVALS.
I and most reasonable people can accept such ‘excessive routine maintenance’.
5). You forgot a fan belt – in either VOLT it must be INSPECTED every 98,500 miles. NOT CHANGED. That particular belt seldom causes trouble since the drive and driven pulleys are so large the belt is hardly flexed at all beyond its natural shape hanging on the pegboard at the parts store. It only drives a low horsepower (under 1), moderate speed water pump, and that is it, and then only when the engine is running, which for most people is somewhat rare itself, as the car is electric most of the time.
6) No timing belt to break or slip a cog since it has a timing chain.
7). Unlike banded-clutch ‘bands’ automatics, the differential gearbox ‘changes gears’ intrinsically without any clutch or gear wear. The two shafts are speed matched prior to clutch operation so that in – effect, each clutch opens and closes standing still.
8). My Volt needs a Dexos oil change every 2 years or 24,000 miles… That’s it. My last plain old Ice was 3,000 miles or 3 months. So that is 1/8 th the maintenance. One reason is engine wear is extremely low: ; An electric aux oil pump lubricates the engine prior to start-up.
8a). Since you are doing somewhat silly parts counts, my VOLTS only have a single tiny oil filter, as opposed to Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y – the 4wd models having (count ’em) TWO oil filters – to pick up the gear shards from the self-destroying overloaded reduction gear boxes.
Bill Howland: Really enjoyed your intelligent, logical, factual, rebuttal argument. In fact I consider it an informative report. A learning experience for me.
Thank you.
Would love to see more posts on this site like yours versus moans, bashes, political grandstanding, and drivel.
Well done share. You get an A+.
Mr. Murray:
Thank you for the kind words…. I find that if I separate a comment into factual points it is usually much easier for others to see the point of the comment…
Thanks Again !
Yeah I don’t know where this guy SAM is coming from…. Incidentally, there was no 2010 ‘model year’ – the first was 2011…
There may have been some truth that the 2011-15 models were too expensive to manufacture – but that is why the cost reduced 2016-19 models came out… As an example – the drive train motors of the GEN 2’s fit in the same space as just the large motor of the GEN 1. They also reduced the clutch count from 3 to 2, and the infotainment was much less costly on the GEN 2’s.
Its a shame they made the second generation vehicle smaller than the first. Too Narrow.
But i’ve had 2011, 2012, and still own a 2014 caddy ELR (GEN 1), and a GEN 2 2019 volt. Even with its failings I prefer driving the volt since it is quiet, and electric range is so great.
Toyota, (the world’s most profitable car company) seems to be doing very well with their plug-in Prius Primes and Rav4 Prime – the latter being a vehicle of
the size families want, and its finally acceptable 42 mile epa range.
The GEN 2 volt (and all the toyota plug ins – very similar powertrains) I’ve never believed cost too much to make. TOYOTA is definitely not losing money on anything, and the RAV4 Prime is in great demand.
I just purchased a totally electric 2022 BOLT EUV, and while its size is getting there, I can’t wait for a decently sized GM plug-in.
As far as SAM’s comment that you are carrying around excess equipment – you wouldn’t believe how physically small the engines are in these vehicles. Much less space and weight than the battery a Large totally ev vehicle would require. GM has also now standardized on totally ridiculously sized home charger facilities of 11.6 kw, whereas the vast majority of RAV4 Primes settle for a dinky, very cheap 3.3 kw model. It gets the job done overnight, and doesn’t cost hardly anything. So it is beyond curious why GM insists on putting an 11.6 kw unit in the cheapest lowly Bolt EV, and insists on putting a 240 volt charge cord in every BOLT EUV – along with paying for $500 for charging equipment home installation – when many purchasers never need it or already have such facilities. I opted for the $500 EVGO fast charging credit – unfortunately there are no charging stations that EVGO has that are anywhere near where I need to go.. I would have much preferred GM leave all that ancillary crap OPTIONAL. In decades past, when people bought electric stoves to replace their gas ones, the electric stove manufactures never offered to rewire their customer’s home for free. But the stoves sold anyway.
Most of the richer BEV only Tesla or Audi Etron drivers also have never used (other than continual ‘exercise’ periods) emergency generator sets for their homes. Those are the real wasted resources.
You have no clue. Best car I ever owned, filled it up 6 times a year. Loooossseerrr
I love my volt. Daily driving is all electric and if i need to make a long haul, off we go.
I want a third generation of the Very Useful PHEV Volt!
Bring it! I’ll buy it.
Bring an SUV PHEV I’ll buy it too – especially with 50 mile EV range like my Volt.
An EV range of about 20 miles has pretty limited function except for short commutes’
Roy strikes again.
The Mustang is an EV. The Volt is a hybrid. The Mustang is much more expensive. Any comparison is meaningless.
Most comfortable car I ever owned. You are TOTALLY full of shat
It was meant to be a commuter car, and is great at that.
Mach E is ugly, Ford calls it a Mustang to boost sales to stupid Ford sheeple.
That’s subjective, it looks miles better than the lame Bolt /Volt out now. Also is faster and has a better range and Ford gives you more customization with it. Why is it so hard for GM to offer better customization
The Cadillac Lyric kills the Mach E in looks.
People who want electric want full electric. The Volts time has passed.
Ha. Well, not everyone wants or needs pure electric vehicles just yet. We have a 2014 Spark EV for around town and a 2017 Volt. The Volt is driven in pure electric around town, and using hold out mountain mode on the freeway. Combined mpg is around 75 using it like this. It’s an amazing car, and I think GM could have put the power train into a really cool small SUV or even a small pickup. Too bad to waste all of that R&D and lose one of the only viable/affordable plugin hybrids, the Volvos, etc., are a joke, 18 miles of electric range?
Yep the public is just standing line for these.
Generally if they want electric they get full electric if not they get full ICE. This half A$$ stuff is just not selling anymore.
400 mile range batteries has done away with range anxiety lim3 when 150 miles was not easy to make.
I would love to buy an electric Chevy Colorado. We have a Rav4 Hybrid for longer/family trips and my wife’s commuting. I work from home and we could really use the utility of a pickup. EV pickups are just around the corner, and we’re not in immediate need of a new vehicle, so I won’t buy a gasoline-only vehicle at this point. Come on, Chevy, I don’t need a full size pickup and won’t pay the likely $60k price you’ll slap on the EV Silverado.
When I bought my Volt. I wanted electric but did not want to deal with range anxiety. The Volt was and still is the perfect choice. Charge times and number of chargers will keep electric in the background for years to come. Bad marketing and dealer acceptance killed the Volt
Agree 100%. My wife uses the Volt for commuting to work, around 25 miles a day. She regularly has gotten up to 1,000 miles per gallon of gas because she uses gas so infrequently.
It’s funny how all the haters have never owned a volt and all the people that love them are the ones that own them. I own one. Bought it at the beginning of this year with only 9,000 mi on it. Best car I have ever owned and saves me a ton of money. Drive it to work everyday with my dirt cheap electric. Then when I have to drive out farther on the weekends It can sip a little gas. I am averaging using barely 3 gallons of gas a month from my weekend trips.
I love the Volt. It was a great idea back when things were marginal in range. Today people are buying the Tesla 3 that really has no marketing what do ever.
I would expect a Chevy that is fill EV in the same size snd price would sell much better. We will soon find out as the new models come.
I just bought a generation 2 Volt for my daughter going away to school. I now own 2. I previously leased a generation 1 Volt . The battery is functional for commuting and around town use where charging is readily available. I run primarily on battery for those uses. However, I need a vehicle that can go distances often to rural areas without charging infrastructure . Pure EV is not practical. Pure EV are a great option if you have convenient access to charging and don’t need to wait along the interstate for a charge. The infrastructure is not there yet. The Volt is fun to drive ,comfortable and without any mechanical issues. The best car I have owned. I’m sorry they stopped making them.
They aren’t selling anymore because they don’t make them anymore. Plus they never marketed the car at all. From what I’ve read, they weren’t making any money on the Volt because of the sophistication versus the price. They were using it to sell clean air credits to other automobile manufacturers. That’s how they made money on the Volt. It’s a terrific car and all of us who bought them got a great deal on a really amazing piece of technology.
My 2013 Volt is the beat car I’ve ever owned. I plan on driving it into the ground.
The smartest and most eco-friendly thing anyone can do is exactly this, regardless of ICE, BEV, or Hybrid.
I love my Volt… I don’t know what all the hate is about, car looks nice, can fit 4 people, has a decent trunk space, and its great on gas, I’m averaging 100+ mpg as my daily commuter.
The Volt is not a HYBRID. Never was never will be. Most auto journalist have no idea what they are writing about and reading some of the responses it looks like a lot of readers are in the same boat. The Volt is an extended range electric vehicle. It runs on electricity always. The engine is there as a generator when the battery is low. It is one of the few electric vehicles without a limited electric range.
Wrong. The Volt does connect the engine mechanically to the wheels, in power split mode.
What you’re calling “range extended” mode is called series hybrid. The old GM 2-mode found in Tahoes, buses, and such had series hybrid mode, it could have the engine turning one MG and the wheels powered by the second MG, or it could fully mechanically couple.
Sorry, I understand it is a different type of hybrid, but it does run on either gas or electricity. It is definitely the best kind of hybrid for me! I drive 15-16k a year on around 20 gallons, I love it! I’m gonna miss it a little when I get me a full EV. Probably not actually, I drive my wife’s Bolt every chance I get!
Sadly with GM’s complete FAILURE with the battery situation, my full EV will not be a GM product.
I bought a 2019 Volt Premier new in 2019; have owned it for a little over 2 years. Most of the miles are electric back and forth to work where I can charge it for free, but I have taken it on a few longer trips and it’s so nice to be able to just pop into a gas station and fill her up. Want to know what it can be like to take a long trip with an electric-only car, talk to somebody who tried to take their Tesla on a vacation over Thanksgiving. Last year people waited for hours to charge up so they could continue their journey home. What a nightmare. I think the volt is an excellent car. Very powerful and super convenient. I wish they made an SUV with the Voltec powertrain. I would buy one and replace my pure ICE vehicle. Haters going to hate I guess, but most people I know who’ve actually owned a Volt think they are a fantastic car.
My thoughts exactly. Why the hell did they not make this into an SUV. It would have been perfect
GM had a CrossVolt small SUV concept around 2012 that never went into production. While it might have sold better than the sedan, I imagine GM didn’t want another vehicle to sell at a loss. Plus the EV range would have probably been around 20 miles vs the 35 first gen Volts had.
Mine has already 160.000 kms on the odometer, no problems and practically zero maintenance. I´m very happy with it. While I drive in the city I don´t use gas and in longer trips I don´t have to worry if there´s no place where to charge it or if I don´t have the time to wait. It´s one of the best cars I ever had. I don´t like SUV´s or crossovers, so I really don´t miss GM didn´t produce one.
2021 Toyota Sienna has a wait time and people look for a prime version. Toyota RAV4 prime has a wait time.
My hybrid sienna AWD offers me near 40 mpg.
The problem is with management only. Right product for voltec powertrain with eawd is chevrolet Traverse. Equinox would have made some sales .
It’s not only Teck , the ability of manufacture to support it also matters ( ex Chrysler pacafica , Mitsubishi Outlander )
My neighbors bought this massive gas guzzling new ford truck while I drive a 2017 Volt. Gas is currently way up again here in So Cal. I can’t say I’m not amused.
I love my volt. I bought a 2017 chevy volt with 33,000 miles
Paid $13,000.00 . Charges on an outdoor plug in. I get 57 miles on a charge. My volt I’s powerful at acceleration . No kids to transport so perfect for me. Plenty of cargo space
2018 Volt Owner. 33000 miles at 167 mpg. Purchased just before the $7500 tax credit was cut in half. After the tax credit I payed 25000. I feel like I practically stole it. Amazing car if you don’t need the backseats for any actual people over 3 1/2 feet tall. I think it’s the best car GM ever made outside of some Corvettes. GM didn’t want a high demand on them because they didn’t want to make more of them. With the advanced engineering in them they would have had to charge over $50,000 to break even. Now maybe a 2 seater Cadillac sports car would have been a better idea…..
What ultimately killed the Volt had nothing to do with the vehicle, total lack of marketing or it’s design. GM shuttered the entire assembly line that built the Volt alongside other GM sedans. The dropoff in demand for sedans killed the line and all the GM sedans it produced. It was the general publics demand for crossovers that ultimately killed the Volt. Why GM never put the power train in a crossover body with usable interior space is the real mystery to me.
This was done on purpose, they never wanted it to take off. They wanted it to simply be a ev entry just to get people interested in the idea of Evs being dependable. They had a plan the intire time to go all electric. They don’t want an electric car with a back up generator. That was never their plan. Thats part of the reason for the extremely poor advertising on it. It’s unfortunate it’s a Great car! I never intended on getting one, it kind of just happened. Once I realized what it does and how it works. I don’t want an all electric car. You can litteraly hook you home up to it power your home and keep it running to keep the battery charged up. It’s amazing.
I agree, i own a 2016 Volt, its a great car, or better yet I have two cars in one, and bought it at a great price since there’s a lot of haters spreading hate, (thanks haters) they driven the price down on the car due to there ignorance. Chevy should file a suite on the haters.
I love my Volt. Hands down the best car I have ever owned. Never buy gas except when on extended trips. Has saved me hundreds not having to buy gas and barely notice an increase in my electric bill. Minor maintenance for oil changes and new tires.
Will buy the Tesla Cybertruck when available and will keep the Volt for around town jaunts
The internal combustion engine turns a generator and is not mechanically connected to the driving wheels.
Jeffrey – GM lied even to their dealers for the first 18 months after release of the 2011 volt – until the NY State Department of Motor Vehicles said, “you’re not fooling anyone.”
GM was trying to get brownie points for having a totally electric drive, when that was *NOT* true on interstates going a constant 40 mph or faster… It is then that the engine locks to the wheels.
The Gen 2 Volt (like my 2019 model) goes one better and has the engine directly geared to the wheels at all times, EVEN WHEN THE ENGINE IS NOT TURNING – as in fully electric mode.
I’d explain how this seemingly contradictory operation works, but people always down vote me if I get too technical.
Read once that chevy killed volt in order to continue leasing it to opel as ampera –
fyi: volt as ampera is still sold in germany –
GM killed the Volt/Ampera in Europe in 2017 becuase Chevrolet was plugged out of Europe in 2015 and Opel was sold to PSA on 2017.
Who ate the morons still buying this. It was DOA!
What I never understood is that all that heavy gas mileage trucks, GM and Ford and Dodge never put in a hybrid engine in these. It could have doubled gas mileage easily and since trucks are so expensive businesses would not have minded another 10,000 into the price because it’s full tax deductible
Who knew they had volts still for sale? GM again killed something that they should have put more money into to reduce the price of production
The Chevy Volt was the better hybrid and one of GM successes. Everyone is talking about the Mach -E, it’s all electric and Ford is already having troubles the dealers can’t fix. The Volt would have better sales under the GM label like the former EV .
As owner of a Chevy Volt, I can say it´s one of the best products ever produced by GM. It´s far better than any plug-in hybrid due to its technology. Mine has already 264.000 kms on the odometer, the maintenance has been practically zero and the car runs like new. It´s a shame GM never knew how to sell this car and how to make its technology kown to the public. Regarding EV´s or hybrids, GM offers now absolutely nothing better than the Volt. I drove the Bolt and it definitively falls short against the Volt, specially nowadays when it´s not so easy to find a charging station in every corner like gas stations are. Besides that, the Bolt is a boring crossover and I prefer a decent sedan anytime. On the other hand, I tried the Mach-E and I´m really dissapointed. It´s definitively not a Mustang. It doesn´t drive, feel or even look like a Mustang. It´s just another boring SUV with Mustang badges, grille, taillights and pretentions. Definitively when I decide to trade the Volt, it will be probably for a Tesla Model S or something similar like the the Audi e-tron GT or the upcoming Lucid Air. From GM the Cadillac Celestiq looks very good but it seems that it will be also much more expensive, probably in the league of the Porsche Taycan (By the way, Ford should have produced something the likes of a Porsche Taycan if they wanted a 4 door EV Mustang instead of the make beleive Mustang they produced).
People purchase different brands at different rates in different parts of the country. While an EV may make sense on the coasts or urban areas, geographically most of the country (area wise) does not fit that definition. Perhaps the consumer is trying to send a message to GM about their decision to be all electric.
GM’s marketing wasn’t very good on the Volt, but I don’t believe they didn’t want to sell them. It was a halo car, and at the time it was conceived, gas was even more expensive than now. No one expected oil prices to plummet so quickly. Building it on a small sedan platform allowed GM to reduce costs while maximizing EV range for the battery it could accommodate.
GM does need to figure out how to market EVs to people other than those who already own somethin similar. Current or former Volt owners get all the Bolt emails and postcards.
People who say a Volt is too complex with an “unnecessary” engine need to explain why a huge, heavy, expensive battery with 300+ miles of range is needed. Its capacity is as rarely used as the Volt’s small engine.
All that said, the US public apparently isn’t interested in PHEVs. They never were. I can see why most automakers are concentrating on BEVs. That doesn’t mean the Volt wasn’t a great idea that still has value today.
I have a 2017 Volt. Quieter than any luxury car; accelerates like a sports car; and has a total range of 700 km in Summer. I’ve saved several-thousand dollars in fuel; have driven numerous long trips; and it feels like I stole the car since I bought it new. Charging in my garage overnight is all that’s necessary (daily charge costs $27/mth); I’ve never used a Level-2 charger. Air conditioning is excellent. Three young kids in the back, a little cramped but not impossible. Until pure-EV cars can normally go 400–500 km IN WINTER, the Volt is/was the ideal car.
Sitting around waiting for your expensive EV to charge up at who knows where will get old real quick. Having a small engine to get you home or at least to a safe place is a good thing. Tesla claims for mileage are BS there are many factors that will lower that claim when you drive one in the real world, like having to drive below the speed limit just to make it to a super charger that’s 30 miles round trip out of the way of your trip.
I have owned a 2017 Volt for two years now.
Like so many of the other posters, I love my Volt. Fun to drive, inexpensive and enough room for my SO and two kids.The car has been extremely reliable with zero issues. I rarely deplete the battery and burn gas during my daily driving. I think I go to the gas station three or four times per year now and the solar on my roof pays for the electricity used to recharge at home.
Really dont understand some folks dislike for it. As a daily driver, it is amazing.
I bought an off-lease 2017 Volt for my wife. We both love the car. As a vehicle to minimize fuel usage, it’s ideal for two retirees who use it mainly to run errands around town. We always start out with 63 miles e-range and maybe use half that in a day. It’s also been road-tripped and is very easy on gasoline since it’s generating electricity for the electric motor. We may buy a battery-only vehicle one day but will wait for the technology to shake out first.
I own a 2014, first generation, chevy volt and have to say its a good car. I like that I can do my daily work commute almost exclusively on a fully charged battery. On extended road trips, the gas engine gives the vehicle a extra 300kms, before a fill. The tank only holds around 40-50liters, but thats enough for an average month of driving, before visiting the gas station. Paired with the fact that PHEV, seem to last twice as long as a standard car, because it doesn’t rely exclusively on the 4cyl engine is another great perk.
In conclusion, tye Chevy Volt doesn’t get the performance of a race car, doesn’t have the haulage of a truck, or have the bells and whistles of a luxury car, but it does do what it does well, which is getting a person from a to b.
I´m owner of an Opel Ampera (Chevy Volt) with over 260.000 kms on the odometer, has needed practically zero maintenance and the car still runs like new. I´m really happy with it so I´ll probably keep it. The car is definitively one of the best products ever produced by GM but absolute lack of marketing and no information about its technology didn´t help to increase sales. The car was even car of the year in Europe in 2012. My next purchase will probably be a Tesla Model S, since regarding EV´s or hibrid, GM has nothing better to offer than the Volt. I have driven the Bolt and it´s way behind the Volt. And worse, the Bolt is a boring crossover (not everyone likes crossovers or SUV´s and I´m one those who doesn´t). The Cadillac Celestiq looks very good, but probaly its price will be in the league of the Porsche Taycan. I´ve also driven the Mustang Mach-E and I´m really dissaponted. The Mach-E is not a Mustang. It doesn´t drive, feel, have the character or even look like a Mustang. The Mach-E is nothing but a boring SUV with Mustang grille, badges, tail lights and pretentions.
I owned a gen 1 and now a gen 2 .Because the way i drive i get over 60 miles on electric alone which is plenty for my daily commute .When i needed to go on a trip I easily filled it up with regular gas without issues.
I love my Volt ….i go to the gas station about every 2 months and i end up spending 12 bucks of gas when i do…. : )
The ones that hate Volt is because they never own one …….
I wish there would be a SUV just like it in the market : 53 electric + regular gas …I would be the first one in line to buy it.
A miserable failure on gm’s part. Toyota executed well. Prius has a cult following, like the Volkswagen beetle did back in the day. The Corvair was semi successful until safety issues killed it.
With EV’s Tesla has a cult following but a zero dealer network. When EV’s are fully launched by everybody it will be interesting if Tesla survives.
The dealer network is the other half of the success story.
Remember, Daimler purchased Detroit Diesel with it’s dated engines solely for it’s dealer network.
Daimler developed new diesels which recharged and expanded sales. This created the expansion of the huge Detroit Diesel Outer Drive East Plant in the Motor City. Daimler purchased this plant from Roger Penske at a bargain price. Roger Penske purchased Detroit Diesel from GM for pennies ($30 million). The steal of the century. Another GM miserable failure.
Chalk up GM’s sad multiple miserable failures to Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Electro Motive Division, Electronic Data Systems, and various parts entities.
GM was lucky to get life saving funding from Obama.
Am very concerned about gm’s future going all in with EV’s by 2035.
Also the home run with bases loaded for Detroit Diesel and also Cummins Engine was the dropping by Caterpillar of their on-highway diesels and the demolition of a relatively new huge state of the art diesel engine plant in Mossville, Illinois.
The huge Caterpillar foundry in Mapleton, Illinois is now currently operating at approximately 10% capacity. Most of CAT’s grey iron castings are now made in Mexico.
Cat’s nemesis is Komatsu, whereas gm’s nemesis is Toyota.
It’s a new world order folks. Let put our thinking caps on.
I traded in my Nissan Sentra for a 2017 V about a year and a half ago and we love it so much that my bearded construction worker motorcycle racing husband bought one for himself. Now his big old truck just sits in the driveway waiting to pull our RV around. You got a love the 250 miles to the gallon! The car payment on his used volt is less than we were spending a month on fuel for the truck.
The volt is about the best practical car anyone can own, unfortunately we will only learn all about its features after we buy it and own it for a while. It could been really a best seller for GM. It’s literally a maintenance free car, one of the main reasons dealers were against the idea of selling it.
I was totally against it before I owned it, I would have never purchased one if it wasn’t for the recommendation of a friend of mine who bought one, the dealer I bought it from had no clue what the volt is capable of, its features, limitation, ets
Actually the dealer told me :” I have it fully charged for you” all while the battery electric range was at Zero. I figured he was talking about the 12 volt battery, after driving it for a while and discovered more of it features I told my friend about it and he purchased a second one for his daughter.
Another friend of mine looked at mine and he also bought three of them so far
That been said , GM did a huge disservice to the public, by not doing the proper marketing, most Volts owners bought them based on the recommendation of early adopters .
I just drove mine across country, NY to Ca and back
I usually do my last fill up for the summer at the end of March, and that would normally last till the cold of November,
Most drivers are not aware that the Volt is not really a plug in hybrid, it’s a very unique drivetrain
The easiest way to explain it by accepting the following:
1: it can operate as.a purely electric vehicle with a range of 40 to 80 miles depending on temperature.
2: it can operate as a high efficiency gas powered car averaging 40 to 50 mpg with a gas range over 360 miles of long driving.
3 : It can operate as a hybrid car
4; it can easily race as a sports car whisper quiet
5: you never have to worry about starting in the cold winter
6: it’s about the only car you can use as a quiet gasoline powered generator by adding an inverter.
7. The heating and air conditioning, especially if you are stuck for hours on the highways are second to none
And many more features
Phevs are the best thing to have still, especially in the Midwest. The Rav 4 Prime would be selling in the 100ks if they could make more of them. They are going to last forever do to there low maintenance design. I’m driving my Ford Cmax phev still, best car and it will last forever for many more miles to come.
Phevs are the best thing to have still, especially in the Midwest. The Rav 4 Prime would be selling in the 100ks if they could make more of them. They are going to last forever do to there low maintenance design. I’m driving my Ford Cmax phev still, best car and it will last forever for many more miles to come.
charge up your electric car with electricity made from fossil fuel! genius!
If I want to buy a electric car, a used 2nd gen Volt is what I would get. I don’t have to worry about range anxiety as it has a Voltec system with the 1.5L gas engine range extender linked to an electric generator with greater battery capacity. Too bad GM didnt push the car more or spread the Voltec system to other platforms.
I have a volt. Love it. The back seats are low so back seat passenger must be under six feet, but this is true for many many other vehicles. Also the vehicle is all electric, the small gas generator is Not connected to the rest of the power train. It generates electricity to power the vehicle. Also, curious as to why reporter comes sales of a car that went out of production three years ago to sales of current Toyota.
I own a 2018 Volt and previously a 2014. When factoring in Fed and State rebates ($10k in total), my all-in net price for each was 6 ft tall. Anyway, great cars…sad they no longer are being made.
This car is like an escape pod for my 2017 Chevrolet SS Sedan…like a Star Trek Shuttle Craft…Who would buy this tiny car by choice? If Al Qaeda terrorists kidnapped me, took me hostage, drove me to a Chevy dealership and told me they would kill me if I didn’t buy a Volt…I would have to weigh being dead versus being seen in this car.
We love our 2014 Volt. Best car we ever owned. We like the flexibility of having the engine in case we want to take longer trips. But our overall fuel economy has been over sky high. We have put a total of 125 gals in the car and have driven 56,000 miles. It also feels very solid and the fold down seats make it very versatile. Knock on wood, the only problem we’ve had all these years is a bad tire (Continental). We replaced them all with Michelin tires and haven’t had any issues. Best of all, our area offers real time electric pricing and we’ve charged the car overnight for an average of 1 or 2 cents per kilowatt hour (about 10 cents for a full charge). We love plug in hybrids.
Scott Brown, WOW! You state that you are being charged 1 to 2 cents per KWH by real time pricing from your electric utility. And your cost is 10 cents for a full charge.
The Bureau of Reclamation wholesales electricity from the Hoover Dam to the grid, primarily to the city of Las Angeles at 5 cents per KWH. The average retail charge per KWH is 14 cents.
Your real time pricing rate of 1 to 2 cents per KWH is the best rate on the planet.
Are you sure your numbers are correct?
If so, where do you live ? I am relocating there.
It’s predictable, the decision of stop selling cars in North America put the end of these 2 iconic American cars makers , nobody will trust buy a vehicle could be discontinued anytime , gm Ford needs to depend on foreign designers , as kia who got advanced during its German designer era , CEO of gm has to step down , she got failed ..
I own a 2016 Premier…absolutely the best car I have ever owned. It is compact inside, but a great drive and unique on the road. 44,000 miles and 34,500 all electric. No mechanical issues…Chevy made it such a hassle to buy (basically had to special order…no cars on the lot)but I have loved every minute of it.
I generally get 62 miles on a full charge in summer and fall and 53 in Winter.