You can still do that. There will be several ducts supplying this long vent from the main HVAC fan. Those ducts can be opened or closed as necessary to provide zone control for the front passengers. It would be very easy to close the airflow to the passenger’s side of this single long vent/opening.

Not necessarily - they may decide to install hidden louvers that can still be adjustable. Zone control is also still possible with this design by way of dampers located in the dash board that separate from left and right.

I attempted to buy one - being a Virginia resident, the Maryland dealer flat-out REFUSED to sell me one. It isn’t illegal or anything - GM just doesn’t want to sell them to non-ZEV states and lose those ZEV credits. Kia, on the other hand, is happy to sell a Soul EV to out-of-state buyers.

A standard 120 volt wall plug is generally okay for a plug-in hybrid if you’re only interested in charging it overnight or while you’re at work. It would have been great if Ford had installed a 6.6 kW on-board charger to make better use of public level-2 charging stations that frequently charge by the hour; the…

bhtooefr is absolutely right. I also test drove a Volt at a Chevy dealer that had a completely flat battery and zero miles of electric range. The test drive was disappointing because the car just drove like a normal hybrid (gas propulsion with regenerative braking) and I wanted to experience how it felt in…