A recent letter writer asked if there are buyers out there for the Chevy Volt. The answer is definitely "yes."
I have owned my Volt since June after being on a waiting list for three months and having to buy it from out-of-state.
Yes, the Volt is definitely the most expensive car my family has owned, but just as we pay extra for wind energy and organic foods, we think it is a good investment in the future of our planet.
While running errands I estimated that about a third of vehicles I saw were in the Volt's price range or higher.
Like many of those vehicles, my Volt is a beautiful car with amazing technology. Unlike the others, my Volt is getting well over 900 miles per gallon and is costing me only about $17 per month to drive.
Are there disadvantages? Absolutely! Since I haven't stopped at a gas station in four months, my windows are getting very dirty.
And I doubt that I could ever be happy with a nonelectric car again. The easy acceleration and incredibly quiet drive of an electric car makes gas-powered cars, even ones I used to love, seem like dinosaurs.
Certainly the Volt is not for everyone. However, those of us who can support this new technology today will allow it to become more typical and thus cheaper technology for tomorrow.
