MyVolt.COM website is getting some life back in it

Average trip is 9.29 miles? Any speed data, such as average speed?

 

What is the payback of the Volt?

DBCassidy

 

That is not a really meaningful question unless you can answer these:
What is the payback of leather seats, of good torque, of not sending $$ to opec, of a quite ride?

But here are some numbers for consideration. For me a 50mpg hybrid would use > 10 gallons more per month. From 10/29/11 to 4/29/12, I went 4119 mi on 8.3 Gallons of Premium + 1163kWh of wind power. With total fuel costs of $99.03 that translates to 491 MPG, 96.62 MPGe, 41.54 MPF$ or $.0240/mi.


What is the comparison vehicle. I compare it to a BMW325i or maybe, for a hybrid, a Lexus C200h. (No PiPs back when I bought). My car, less incentives, was just under $30K. A C200h driver probably uses .08 a mile and a BMW $.12. My payback was the first week I plugged it in.

Compared to an eco-box, well, its priceless as I would not want to drive one. I just was on a business trip to Edward's air-force base and ended up in rental Hyundai Accent and the most fuel efficient car I could rent at the airport (32MPG). It was painful to have to drive that, even just for 2 days.

 

Glad to see the electricity usage...plus the really high MPGs! Those are fantastic. Puts the "dual-fuel" in perspective. Not ideal in calculating, I realize, but real-world usage is just that...reality.

Now to get more of these in the hands of the people. Yes, some are able to eventually see the lower sticker price (fed and state tax credits)...but many are just not "ready" to see $40,000 plus up front as "savings" at the pump. Good for those that can show us the beauty of this plug-in technology. Keep it up. I'm awaiting the day I can post these numbers!

 

You are confused where you are. That is the kind of crap comment you post at the GM forum that is up-modded by the forum fanboys.

Here it earns you negative karma.

 

bah, I can't get the image to show up right to share my graph.

Scott did you have to save it as some other file type?

 

Your electric economy is much lower than EPA so I asked for your driving conditions.

I thought 9.29 miles average trip is low. Prius PHV could do well for someone like your commute pattern.

If you don't want to share your driving conditions, that's fine. I'll understand.

 

Leather seats - can do without, torque is fine, quietness is good, eco-box is GREAT!!!

Best part is the Prius payback: 1.8 years.

I think I have answered my meaningful question on the Volt payback: 26.2 years!!! UGH. Check out a handy chart from True Car. This article is in the NYT.

DBCassidy

 

Yep, You got that right!

DBCassidy

 

Haha wow you are incredibly confused.

 

Well if you value the econo-box feel, then you made a good choice for you.

The trueCar article is comparing to the wrong car. For my comparison, my Volt payback was under a month.

Well different people can have different priorities. That does not make them confused.
I know some people that believe that self-indulgence is bad and we should be purging ourselves of earthly delight. To each their own.

 

why do people worry about pay back , we just traded our 2011 prius for a 2012 volt, so far for the 2 weeks i have the volt we put on 385 miles all electric,no gas what so ever, we didnt buy the car for a pay back, drive the car theres your pay back,its a fantasic vehical, not that the prius wasnt a nice car, but its an econ box car the volt is not.just drive and enjoy it

 

You are driving a repackaged Daewoo, not Prius owners.

By all means though, enjoy your car. Even apply heaps of rationalization if you must.

 

Hmm makes one wonder what the karmic impact of such a statement might be, especially from someone that already said others were earning negative karma.