Carbon footprint: "The Volt has emitted 478 pounds of carbon dioxide from gasoline for a total carbon footprint of 3,734 pounds of carbon dioxide. A Prius would have generated 3,958 pounds of carbon dioxide over the same number of miles."
Cost to operate: "for the 10,102 miles they drove, or three cents per mile. For comparison, with an estimate of $3.50/gallon gas, a 2012 Prius that gets 50 miles per gallon costs seven cents per mile, and my 2004 Saturn station wagon costs 14 cents per mile on a good day."
"With their typical driving, my parents pay less per mile than they would in a traditional hybrid or gas-powered car. They also emit less carbon dioxide."
Evelyn Lamb editor of Scientific American
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/09/21/are-chevy-volts-really-cheaper/
So the operating cost of the Volt is low (as we owners know), and the Volt's carbon footprint is low (even with dirty coal as the electric source). And these are compared to a Prius!
Cost to operate: "for the 10,102 miles they drove, or three cents per mile. For comparison, with an estimate of $3.50/gallon gas, a 2012 Prius that gets 50 miles per gallon costs seven cents per mile, and my 2004 Saturn station wagon costs 14 cents per mile on a good day."
"With their typical driving, my parents pay less per mile than they would in a traditional hybrid or gas-powered car. They also emit less carbon dioxide."
Evelyn Lamb editor of Scientific American
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/09/21/are-chevy-volts-really-cheaper/
So the operating cost of the Volt is low (as we owners know), and the Volt's carbon footprint is low (even with dirty coal as the electric source). And these are compared to a Prius!