While visiting here in San Diego, I notice that we are driving a lot more than we do in Oakland. Yesterday we drove over 100 miles visiting people and running errands. So the car was running mostly on gas. Of course with the Volt that is very convenient since you don't really notice the switchover from electric to gas. However, if we drove that much every day, the real advantage of the Volt--running on electricity--would be lost. This was the point of the Consumer Reports review of the Volt--if you drive over 80 miles a day, the fuel economy is much less than if you can keep under 40 miles a day. So given how sprawling San Diego is, I'm wondering if the Volt is the best answer here. On the other hand, in small towns and smaller cities the size of my home town--Peoria, IL pop. about 120,000--and in compact cities like Oakland/Berkeley/San Francisco, and for people who don't need to drive too much, I think the Volt should work very well--I'll let you know how it works for us!
One other lesson--don't forget to plug in every night!
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