No, I didn't. Why are you trying to sell 45 when I've already given you independent sources estimating a five year cost of 40? Because your balls have yet to descend, and therefore you need to make up your arguments to avoid admitting that you can't rant your way into an alternate reality.
The max mpg of any hybrid is limited by its ICE mileage. The max mileage of an EV is limited by its owners driving profile, with some achieving the equivalent of hundreds of mpg AFTER counting the cost of the electricity.
Look at you. Started off declaring that you could design a 2000 pound, $18k EV. Now you're reduced to touting a hybrid-only that already weighs 2600, and imagining adding a Volt powertrain to it, even though you just said it doesn't need it. Well, let's do that anyway... second electric motor, 400 pound battery, and about 200 pounds of extra structure. Assuming it's even possible to squeeze everything into a Yaris-sized envelope, now the thing is about 3300 pounds, and easily $10k more. That's the reality of what it takes to make an EV that can leave gas stations behind entirely, AND not be limited to EV range. THAT is what you originally said you liked about the Volt.
No, I estimate about 6 years at about 10 -15k miles per year, well within the warranty. I can't say for sure partly because I don't know exactly what my EV percentage will be. It's sometimes been under 50% for weeks, then 90% for other periods. My most frequent routine trip is only 8 miles return. Next most frequent is 30 miles return. I've had some stuff on the go recently that's taken me farther afield, but that will settle down eventually and my EV percentage will stay up. But basically, I can't go wrong, it's only a matter of how far I'll come out ahead.
The other big variable is fuel prices. The higher they go the more the Volt pays off. I'm betting they'll keep going up, but then I don't have your kind of wisdom to imagine a low price carbon fiber EV on the horizon.
Yes, it was. Making well informed decisions is why I HAVE the capital and didn't need to become a lender's bitch. Know anybody who does stuff like that? Let me tell you about two friends in my group who are still actively manufacturing. One keeps succumbing to the swan song of "sign here" so he can have the latest and greatest. He has a huge shop full of formerly state of the art stuff that made great money at times but never got him very far ahead overall. His current albatross is an older laser that's probably paid for but that he can't find profitable work for. The other friend waits until the overpriced equipment purchased by people like you comes up for auction for the second or third time, and then he pays cash. He's going gangbusters, partly because he doesn't need to charge a ransom for run time, and partly because he can afford to keep individual pieces idle during slowdowns. He has more equipment than staff, can afford to update as required, and keeps everybody busy. He could have retired years ago but he seems to like the drama of being profitably creative.
The Volt is a really nice car that need not be rationalized any more than a boat or a vacation or new underwear. The fact that it can be justified is merely icing on the cake.
Then why have you been wasting so much of your time whining about wanting an EV, and making wild and stupid exaggerations to do it? Why are you talking about the Prius instead of driving one? The only things you've convinced me of are that you're not nearly as smart as I used to think you were, and that you actually believe your rants.
My portfolio is doing well, which is why I've been retired for quite a while. Many people like you who need help to get where I am hire people like me. Their profit goes up but after fees they can be even worse off. At least they know they need help, which is a step up from wasting their time pushing a bad position or refusing to admit when they're wrong.