Why would you replace the battery? One owner has his over 400k on the original battery. GM way overengineered the battery. The most common failure is a temp sensor. 

There’s a Volt with 400k miles on the original battery. The batteries don’t just crap out at 100k. If anything in the battery goes bad, it tends to be a temperature sensor that isn’t replaceable. You get stuck replacing one of the sections.

There's no 15 year warranty on any Volt. Standard electric warranty is 8/100. CARB states get 10/150. Source: I've read the entire warranty terms and conditions booklet. 

I wish we could tie into the generator directly. 55kw isn't anything to sneeze at. 

The Prius is a prime driving appliance. Not a car. It's what you would get if Whirlpool designed and built a car.

In the cold with the battery and cabin heater going, the car will pull as much as 6000 watts just sitting still. The AC pulls between 1000 to 1500 watts at peak.

No. The average Volt who drove on electric a lot will have a lifetime mpg north of 100 mpg or more. 47 means it was probably charged about 10% of the time. The rest of the miles are gas. The lifetime mpg is total mileage divided by total gas used. Electric miles are included in the numerator.

The Volt is slightly less appliance like than the Prius. It has better acceleration, more normal steering, and handling is less floaty. A friend’s wife has a Prius, which he hates. He borrowed the Volt for a few days and actually liked it. I’ve driven her Prius also and it’s extremely sluggish and the steering is the…

All Volts are hatchbacks, that was the only option. 

The risk of launch now, fix later. My employer does it too and I think it’s just as poor of an idea. Good luck getting repeat customers if they notice the shortcomings on the first product to hit the market. 

Meh. I'm 6'6" and fit great in a Volt. 

Absolutely no. Tesla does not make a more well polished, refined, enjoyable vehicle than Honda or Mazda. 

Cruze Eco manual, I averaged lifetime 44mpg. It was around 46mpg during my first 2.5 years of ownership but my commute went from 75%/25% highway/city to 40%/60% highway/city during my last year of ownership. kWh price is around $0.126, so right around the national average. No off peak option.

Well, if you could get the gas for free then the cost difference vs someone paying for charging would be better off buying gas. /s

CCS can do 350kw today, Porsche has already pushed it to 400kw successfully on a pre-production prototype and is working toward 450kw. 

“there is NO standard charging system out there yet”

Yeah... The Costco in my area is usually only about $0.03/gal cheaper. It unsurprisingly also has no lines. 

Why can’t that be done privately? It’s working well in my area. Instead of rebates to owners, all the incentives in my area are focused on installing chargers, and most come from the local utility company.

Save $10k? What’s the before/after math to get there, a gas expedition to a Leaf in California charged on a pre-existing solar panel system?

Costco is top tier gas, as recommended by many OEMs.