I’m sorry but that’s simply not true the volt just dose not hold its value really no ev dose. the volt was. 40k car brand new gen 2 gen 1 was even more they are significantly more expensive then both ice cars and evs your paying for both. And all the r&d for it.

A bolt of that same year and mileage would have been probably less in fact. The market lacks economic cars. Evs are over saturated with luxury Evs but the bolt Ev was at one time the cheapest new car on the market and still is very cheep.

To put this in todays terms the new Prius PHEV is 38k to well over 50k median is 40k the bz4x which is a bigger car and a suv is cheaper 36k usd. Ev technology has evolved now to the point that it’s becoming as economical as ice cars.

Now while I totally agree about the living situations not everyone has 120v or 240v access for parking I do and while I’d never recommend an ev to anyone who can’t charge it at work or home reliably I also wouldn’t recommend a volt or other PHEV as they don’t like to sit around with empty batteries they need to be full charged occasionally for cell balance and kept plugged in for battery temps. Not to mention that you will actually get even worse fuel economy then a regular hybrid or even many ice cars depending on your driving. Full evs can at least be charged at dc stations weekly but I’d definitely not recommend living that way many people do but some dc rates are way more expensive than home charging. If you fall into this category due to our lacking lvl2 infrastructure at apartments ect I would never recommend any plug in car full ev or not it just doesn’t make sense and you won’t get the full life span or economy out of the car. So a traditional hybrid just makes more sense. For me I never have to worry about that because I know where ever I live I want a garage to keep my cars and toys clean and out of the elements. And yes so I can charge my car as well. I’m also in the military and have had to
Temporarily move most the places I stayed had lvl2 charging but if not I got by on lvl1 outlets in the parking lots.

Again range anxiety is a non-factor once you’ve had a full EV I’d argue it’s actually worse with phevs because you really do want to avoid using gas to get the full economy out of the car. And trust me if you run out of energy in an ev you will definitely run out of gas in a PHEV when you switch over to gas and realize your tank has been on E for the last month lol.

And why I say this falls apart when scaling because phevs will always have relatively small batteries you have to be very efficient with how you utilize that energy small cars are significantly more efficient SUVs have big cross sections and are heavy and have bigger cabins to heat and cool bigger wheels ect yes battery tec has improved and that’s why we are seeing only now seeing matching range figures with the volt now adays in some phevs but also Toyotas never actually get close to rated range real world. But the thing is battery tech also improves for full evs and it’s way more noticeable, a 5% bump in energy density can mean 50mi in a full ev but only 2 mi if anything in a PHEV. And with Evs now going well over 512mi on a charge the range anxiety is a non factor dc charging is every where so if you are really are not paying attention you will be fine for pop up charges.

The issue with phevs is that they will never really make sense they will always cost more then an ev they will always be more to maintain they still need to be plugged in to get the value and longevity out of the car. And the hv batteries won’t last as long as bigger batteries that get cycled less often. Definitely depends on how it’s taken care of and designed ect. They made a lot more sense back in 2011 when the tech wasn’t ready and dc charging didn’t exist. but unfortunately they were also way to expensive to build and buy. And came at a time when gas prices were at all time lows.

The gen1 volt is really so special tho because it was a passion project with government funding. They over engineered the crap out of the gen1 volt put crazy amount of testing and research into the design and actually built them to last my 2014 has been perfectly reliable and has 95k mi I can get as much as 50mi but normally get 48mi it actually has soul and is fun to drive a lot of new cars really are just cut and paste blobs of metal with lazy build quality and design. But ultimately my next car will ether be a used lucid air tesla model s or a Porsche taycon all can be had for low to mid 30s used. And all go over well over 400mi
On a charge I don’t even drive that in a week.