Why in the world, would anyone by a Volt? For the life of me, what was GM thinking? It has a range of 35 miles on a charge? Then you use it's regular gas engine which get 35mpg, for $42,000? Why not just get a 35mpg car for less than half the price? So, the first 35 miles you go, costs you $1.55 for the electricity to charge your battery......with 35mpg at approx $3.55 a gal, you save 2 bucks/day....or $730 a year....or $7300 in 10 years.......or $21,600 in 30 years......which is about the cost that you overpaid for the car in the first place.....and as we know, that battery is only warranteed for 10 years....and will start, to no longer hold it's charge before that........then it's big bucks to replace the battery....no wonder GM has financial problems....