[llninja]

Welcome to the best automotive secret in America. I wish I had free charging at work. I have. 65 mile round trip commute in a gen 1 with $8 per 4 hours charging station. I won't use it until I've got the mortgage completely paid off, then I'll use it daily.

 

[llninja]

Gas weighs about 6 lbs per gallon, much less than the equivalent 33.7kwh in lithium batteries. The ICE and associated engine-related hardware weigh several hundred pounds. If, as you stated, you do not currently need to use the Volt's ICE and burn any gas then any EV you would drive in the future with a range of more than your current Volt's EV range would mean you would instead be slugging around hundreds of pounds of expensive lithium batteries and not use the full range of the batteries. So it would appear to be a toss up as to how you want to package and carry extra fuel and range.

To pile onto this argument, who needs the two empty back seats that are only used occasionally. Might as well shed the headlights in the daytime. No need to carry glass when you have the windows open anyway. I don't want AC in the winter. Tire pump? Heck who needs the owner's manual? I don't need seat heaters in the summer. I never renewed onstar, so that should go too. Let's scrape that rear window defroster off. You can tape that back on when you need it right?

 

[llninja]

ROFL, llninja. Reminds me of https://youtu.be/yx2LkOZmY5s?t=119. "Weight reduction, bro!"

I hadn't seen this before. "What, you bought a Prius?"