Forty grand for a mouse car which will travel nearly 40 miles before running out of juice, after which you’ll have a nice 4 cylinder mouse car.
Kinda. IIRC, the engine is a 1.4 liter, four-banger. Since the Volt is a series-hybrid (Range Extended Electric Vehicle, according to GM), the engine does not drive the vehicle but maintain the charge of the batteries.
If that actually works then I give them credit but I don't see how it can work for more than propulsion.