[Minus_The_Bear]

Exactly who would be stupid enough to purchase a Volt?

It was shredded on Auto blogs for years before it was released. Everyone knew it was a lemon for years.

[Mr. Lucky]

35 years or so ago, when the first incarnation of Jimmy Carter was President, Citicar produced an electric car from scratch with a range of 40 -50 miles on lead acid golf cart batteries. It cost $4,000, received no taxpayer subsidy and far from being the darling of the government, it was pretty much hounded into failure.