Meanwhile, the plug-in Prius came out right afterwards (probably researched for far longer) and most likely easily trounced the Volt, never mind being more “groundbreaking” than these propagandists are trying to make the Volt sound.
The volt was always a propaganda design, the Prius (owned most often by smug pious types) was actually engineered with a thought towards the tech.
Still wouldn’t own either because I deal with snow and traffic here that makes it moot.