Our discussion in our other thread was about daily parking. For long term storage you should avoid leaving it in the sun in hot climates. Now “a week” is not really “long term” so I personally wouldn't worry about it. Maybe three or four weeks would necessitate something different.
The Volt has been out for four years and owners have reported virtually no capacity loss so I don't think it is an issue.
Wait a minute...you would NOT store your Volt for a month without being plugged in?!?? Then why in the heck to you keep saying the Volt is just like any other car? If you can’t park it and walk away, its a toy, not a car.
Now you didn’t do your homework assignment, so let me do it for you.
The electric motor has 149 hp. The engine is 84 hp. Do you really think the Volt acts just like a ‘normal car’ with an 84 hp motor? When the car weighs 3,800 lb? That’s a ratio of 45 lb per hp, btw.
A 1976 Chevette had 60 hp for 1,850 lbs...31 lb per hp, or in other words the Volt on its engine has a power/weight ration 50% WORSE than a 1976 oil crisis car of yesteryear.
See. Its a toy. In fact, that tiny gas engine really can’t push a heavy car like the Volt through the mountains. Don’t believe me? Then explain why GM has ‘mountain mode’ on the Volt.
Now toys are fine. I don’t care. Unless I pay for it. So I have to insist, every time you post about the glorious achievements of the Volt, you add a preamble, which explains why the Volt’s perceived advantages are worth my taxpayer dollars.
One other little homework assignment. Why subsidize it? If its so great, wouldn’t it take off like a new I-Phone? GM is not an ‘upstart’ company...so don’t even think about claiming its a ‘new industry’. The electric car industry is older than the gas car industry btw. Seriously...why on earth do you think it has to be subsidized? Why have sales been so terrible? Do you trust the market? It quite frankly has spoken.