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[Wyldesoul]

I answer because it was an intelligent response, even if you still refuse to confront my main point.

Originally Posted by *************

You fail to see the gravity of the issue at hand. The "average" commute could be 15K miles per year but this is an AVERAGE. Meaning that you could have 2 drivers that drive 25K miles per year and 2 drivers that drive 5K miles per year, the AVERAGE is 15K miles! The Volt may in fact be for the "average driver" but this driver isn't as pervasive as it would appear thanks to the statistical averaging of these data points.

That is my point.

If you are at average, or below average commute distance, then the Volt is ideal. For your commute. Those 2 5k a year drivers would very likely be an ideal customer for the Volt, and those 2 25k a year drivers would likely be an ideal customer for the PHEV Prius. Never once did I say the Volt was ideal for everyone, due to some fallacy that if the average person is X then that means every person is X.
I know what average is, and I know that nobody is truly average. But there are usually just as many people above average as below, becoming more true the larger the sample group. And the Volt is good for those who are average or below average distance drivers. It is not good for those who are above average distance drivers. I never claimed it was.


And yet, you still refuse to confront my main point:

Originally Posted by Biffmeistro

That, and you're absolutely refusing to touch the argument that for somebody who has an average commute, or less, and who would likely be served best by an EV, but have the common fear that many Americans have (being stranded by your EV, or needing to take a long trip), then the Volt is the car to assuage those fears, and still have the advantages of an EV.

We've have said all that really can be said about the "average commute" tripe. We've both dissolved into repeating ourselves in different ways about that argument.

I still stand that the Volt is the ideal car for people like my wife's grandmother, who would be best served by an EV, but refuse to get one due to fears of range.