GM pretty much killed off all of their Sedans except for the Malibu. 2019 Volt Premiers with Adaptive Cruise Control were still in high demand after the car was discontinued in November 0f 2018. Hybrid mode is typically 41 to 43 MPG depending on city vs highway driving. Summer EV range is around 65 miles while in the dead of winter around 42 miles. With my 2019 Volt Premier, running 90% in EV mode, 10% in Hybrid mode. Hopefully my ELR (Volt) will give me another 7 years of service so I can charge only at home and buy gasoline when I need to (on trips). I fear companies will stop making the ice/electric combos and we will be at the mercy of charging stations. Once again, no problems and a joy to drive and to own. There are so few duel motor (electric motor and internal combustion engine) cars out there, but apart from expense of manufacture they are eminently practical and useful, I had such a good experience with the Volt that I found and bought a 3 year old, 6,500 mile Cadillac ELR (a coupe version of the Volt in Cadillac dress). Recently talked to the guy I sold it to and he has put another trouble free 25,000 miles and 20 months. I foolishly sold it due to age and mileage since it was new technology and I worried about a major failure or need to replace a battery pack. Although I drove it mostly locally so as not to use a lot of gas, I made 3 or 4 long trips (usually Atlanta-Michigan-Atlanta) without any difficulty. I had a 2012 Volt for 7 years and put about 100,000 miles on it. I think poor marketing was its biggest downfall. Tesla, Leaf, Bolt etc are NOT plug in hybrids they are plug in electric cars with limited range. In fact I am not sure any other plug in hybrid has even reached the 200,000 sales mark that ended the federal rebate for the Volt. The plug in hybrid Prius (not the regular one) the plug in hybrids from Ford and Mitsubishi none of them exactly lit up the sales chart either. Although even sales is subjective to context. Electric only for your daily commute, but a regular gas car for long trips when you need it. They said how? isn’t the range only like 40 miles? GM did not do a very good job explaining how this car works in its marketing. I remember some friends and I were going on a 500 mile trip one time and I suggested we take our Volt. You can not do that with the others without worrying about charging stations The Volt had zero range anxiety. Why? because they all have long, but still a limited range! Yes, the Volts range was shorter, but then it just became a regular decent mileage car you could drive across the country like any other car. In my mind it is was not even a competitor to the Bolt, the Leaf, or the Tesla. It was and still is based on some of the comments above a misunderstood car. Only traded it in because we needed AWD and something bigger. The new models are also comparable in price to this Volt, with prices starting at $31,995 for the Bolt EV and $33,995 for the larger Bolt EUV. With new electrified offerings coming from Chevrolet shortly, like the 2022 Bolt EUV and 2022 Bolt EV, customers will likely gravitate toward these newer pure EV models rather than the aging hybrid Volt. This Chevrolet Volt will become even harder for the dealership to sell the longer it stays on the lot, in our opinion. The Environmental Protection Agency awarded the hybrid with an impressive 42 MPG combined ciy/highway fuel economy rating for 2018, equating to $4,250 in fuel cost savings over five years compared to a new average vehicle. That’s a $7,448 discount over the manufacturer’s suggested retail price, but is still a lot to pay for a three-year-old Chevy compact car – even with the potential fuel cost savings over a traditional ICE vehicle factored in.Īs a reminder, the 2018 model year Chevrolet Volt is powered by a hybrid-electric powertrain consisting of a 1.5L LYX I4 engine, single electric motor and 18.4 kWh lithium battery. The undesired Summit White hatchback has just 110 miles on the odometer, which are likely all delivery miles, and is priced at $29,792. The public’s lukewarm reaction to the Chevrolet Volt is perfectly exemplified in this brand new 2018 model year example that has been languishing on a dealership’s lot in North Carolina for nearly four years. Annual Volt sales peaked at just 24,739 units in 2016 and dropped each subsequent year before General Motors finally decided to pull the plug on the unpopular hybrid in 2019. The Chevrolet Volt wasn’t the Bowtie brand’s best-selling vehicle by any means.
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