Two weeks ago today, I paid $3.09 for unleaded regular.
Today, the same fuel is $3.79, so the dramatic turn toward higher fuel prices is a pretty recent development.
The Volt is not a cheap fuel sipper, like the Prius.
It is a fairly expensive car that has a limited market, since the number of folks who can afford one is not nearly as great as the number of people who could afford to buy a Prius or a Leaf.
Out of this limited market, the Volt has apparently failed to capture enough share, even though sucessful sales numbers for the Volt would not represent any significant share of that market.
It would be a shame to see this vehicle die, as promising as it is.
It isn't the Volt of today that matters, as with the EV-1. Rather the Volt needs to reach enough presence in the market to give birth to a less expensive and more capable second generation.
The EV-1 never got there, and it wasn't GM's fault, Michael Moore's ignorant film to the contrary.
The Volt may not get to a second generation either.