My wife loves the premium black and brandy leather interior and silver ice metallic exterior. We never paid more than $35 in a month to keep our LEAF charged, so we expect the Volt to save us a bundle by rarely buying gasoline. When we do our taxes next year, we will deduct $7,500 for buying an electric car, which greatly helps make this Volt affordable. On top of the $38,335 balance, I had to pay California $3,449 in sales tax, but I’ll get back $1,500 from the state in an EV incentive. The only surprise in the pricing from Chevrolet was a $1,000 rebate as an incentive to buy the Volt now. Our Volt LTZ cost $39,335 because it is loaded with extras, including an eight-inch screen with a backup camera, Lane Keep Assist, Forward Collision Alert, Blind Spot Alert and Park Assist. Nationwide delivery don’t start until next year. For delivery this year, it helps to live in California. The good folks at Stewart Chevrolet told us that we were the first to take delivery of the 2016 Volt. It offers almost three times the electric range that I achieved when driving competitive plug-in hybrids like the Ford Fusion Energi (21 miles) or Prius Plug-in Hybrid (11 miles). The 2016 Volt, with its 18.4-kWh lithium-ion battery offers 40 percent more electric range than the 2015 Volt. Now that we’ve shifted to one car, a plug-in hybrid with its 53-mile electric range is great. A pure electric car worked fine when we had two cars. With two cars, we shared the Leaf and rarely used our Honda Civic Hybrid. It all comes down to how many cars you need, where you live, where you drive, and if you are willing to share. For our trips to family in San Diego, 400 miles away, the Volt gives us the range the Leaf didn’t. The Volt is an excellent match for a one-car couple like us. If we are in a hurry, Uber and Lyft are omnipresent. If the walk is too long, we can bike or take nearby transit. ![]() We can walk to grocery stores and New display accompanies new exterior In fact, we now have one Volt and two electric bicycles. We switched to the Volt because we went from two cars to one. It was a great car and mostly hassle-free. For three and a half years, my wife and I drove the Leaf without ever running empty. ![]() We are no longer driving pure electric and I feel a bit guilty about the ounce of fossil fuel. Some friends are surprised that we sold our electric Nissan Leaf and replaced it with a Volt plug-in hybrid. After driving the Volt for one week, we have used only one ounce of gasoline. We have driven more than its rated 53-mile electric range (at which point the engine engages to give us a total range of 400 miles). We are all smiles, driving our new 2016 Chevrolet Volt.
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