My buddy has one. He lives about 15 miles from work. He bought his first tank of gasoline after 5 months of owning it. Gets to charge free @ work, probably on a charger paid for with “stim” funds, LOL.
Bully for him. Truth is MOST people DON'T have that luzury ...
The average person has to shell out about $2500 for THEIR OWN 120V charger - but it takes 8 hours to charge. If they want a quicker charge, the 220V charger costs about $4000. And, these ARE NOT eligible for a government rebate ...
Going further, assuming your buddy's 30-mile round-trip per day and a 1-gallon equivalent for the battery, it requires almost a FULL charge of the battery per day.
Your buddy might even EXCEED the battery's charge if he uses the heater and/or AC [depending on the temp]. BTW, BOTH the heater and the AC SUCK in the Volt anyway. And, if he likes to listen to the radio - and God forbid it is snowing or raining - gotta use the wipers. And, lets not forget the headlights ...
Tests have shown that using the heater, radio, headlights, and the wipers when it is raining on a cold day REDUCES the battery's gas equivalent to about 20 MPG ...
Assuming a 20-day work month, and 30 miles round-trip per day, that is 600 miles. If it costs $4 a day to charge the battery, that is $80 per month.
In contrast, gas [at $4 per gallon] yields 20 gallons. My car gets 40 MPG, so I get 800 miles for the same price as the Volt. I also got 33% MORE miles to play with for the same cost ...
One last thing, hopefully you don't live in an area where there is teenage vandalism - having an outside charger/cord is just INVITING trouble ...