Bully for him. Truth is MOST people DON'T have that luzury ...
The average person has to shell out about $2500 for THEIR OWN 120V charger - but it takes 8 hours to charge. If they want a quicker charge, the 220V charger costs about $4000. And, these ARE NOT eligible for a government rebate ...
Going further, assuming your buddy's 30-mile round-trip per day and a 1-gallon equivalent for the battery, it requires almost a FULL charge of the battery per day.
Your buddy might even EXCEED the battery's charge if he uses the heater and/or AC [depending on the temp]. BTW, BOTH the heater and the AC SUCK in the Volt anyway. And, if he likes to listen to the radio - and God forbid it is snowing or raining - gotta use the wipers. And, lets not forget the headlights ...
Tests have shown that using the heater, radio, headlights, and the wipers when it is raining on a cold day REDUCES the battery's gas equivalent to about 20 MPG ...
Assuming a 20-day work month, and 30 miles round-trip per day, that is 600 miles. If it costs $4 a day to charge the battery, that is $80 per month.
In contrast, gas [at $4 per gallon] yields 20 gallons. My car gets 40 MPG, so I get 800 miles for the same price as the Volt. I also got 33% MORE miles to play with for the same cost ...
One last thing, hopefully you don't live in an area where there is teenage vandalism - having an outside charger/cord is just INVITING trouble ...
except in his example he is only paying for gas. Not the electricity. Making his volt cheaper (for him) to operate.
Someone is picking up the tab for the electricity used to recharge that volt. If it’s his employeer that cost is sent on to the customers of that company.
If it’s paid for with tax dollars I’d like to know where he is so I can properly bill him.
Matter of fact, I don’t care WHO is paying for the electricity. He’s not paying his “fair share” of the road use tax. Where is he? I have a bill for him.