Chevrolet Bolt EV Is the 2017 Motor Trend Car of the Year
I still don&#x27;t understand why anyone would buy a Bolt (or a Tesla) over a Volt.<p>Since I heard about the Volt initially back in 2006, it was the most logical and practical approach to powering a vehicle that I&#x27;d ever heard. Eliminate gas usage on 95% of your driving, but have gas available for long range and fast refueling against the entire infrastructure of the US.<p>Pure EV&#x27;s are nothing more than &quot;around town&quot; cars in a lot of the country, which I&#x27;m sure is great if you can afford it or fun for early adopters but otherwise just an impractical luxury.<p>That first 40 miles approach turned the MPG formula on it&#x27;s head by making clear that miles-per-day is the real metric that people need to worry about.<p>Going forward, the approach of the Volt could easily be modified to replace the gas generator and tank with fuel cells, bio-diesel, ethanol or any other power source that comes along.<p>The perk of the approach is that you have 2 options and you aren&#x27;t purely SOL after a long power outage from a hurricane or other unexpected event. That happens with an EV and you don&#x27;t have another way to charge it via wind&#x2F;solar you&#x27;re left with a very expensive brick.