I&#x27;ve driven someone else&#x27;s EV conversion (pretty much irrelevant in terms of performance) and ridden in a Volt.  Dollar for dollar it&#x27;s nothing special.  Compared to similar econoboxes the instant torque is cool. Compared to similar vehicles (Civics and the like) it&#x27;s a ripoff.  Compared to similarly priced vehicles it&#x27;s slow.<p>I&#x27;ll agree that as it stands now electric stuff has to be the future from a purely numbers perspective (emissions will be a bigger issue, demand for oil will rise, methods of getting it will become more expensive, etc, etc) but at this point it&#x27;s not worth paying the premium for unless you&#x27;ve just got to be an early adopter, live in an area with massive subsidies or want to one up your Prius driving neighbors conspicuous environmentalism.