Volt Myth #4: The Volt Costs a Lot more than other cars

Facts:
The Volt costs about 40K before factoring tax rebates. That is pretty fully loaded too. My Volt has leather, Nav with traffic, Touchscreen, XM, Premium speakers.

A Nissan Leaf which will not go further than an EPA estimated 73 Miles, will set you back 35k+

A For focus EV which will not go further than an EPA estimated 76 Miles will cost you 39k+

A Prius, based on local inventory today, will range from 27k to 36k, with the comparably equipped ones above 34K.

I have always said that American's love extreme cars. If you want an extreme truck for example, the most extreme factory truck out today is a Ford Raptor.
Which starts at $42,750. Nearly Identical to the starting point of the Volt before tax incentives.

If you want the most extreme vehicle in its category, the Volt is it, and the price is not out of line with other EVs, and even the Prius with similar trim, and it is priced similarly to the most extreme Truck on the road (and you will probably end up using far more of the extreme technology on the Volt than a typical Raptor driver does).