1 year with an electric car (2017 Chevy Volt)

• Yes, I still love it and I'm realizing that an electric car would work for more people than you might think
• It has a battery large enough to run about 50 miles, then it starts the gas engine to recharge the battery. I've used 14 gallons of gas total, to go just under 7000 miles, saving me roughly $1000 from my SUV. That includes electricity cost of a couple hundred.

• 94% electric according to the excellent voltstats.net that uses OnStar data if you opt in.
• I've definitely gotten a feel for how far I can go on a charge, and what types of things will drain the battery faster. The heater and driving over 65 are the two biggest killers. 
• I can get as low as 40 miles of range in the winter and as high as 70 miles in nice spring/fall weather
• If I know I'll be driving further than the electric range, I try to put it in "Hold" mode to use gas at highway speeds instead of in stop and go driving in the city since it's more efficient that way, but the car would be fine if I never even thought about it.
• I burned more gas than I probably needed to last winter before I found the setting to lower the ERDTT (Engine Running Due To Temperature) threshold down to 15F instead of 32F
• I've found that the onboard 3.6kW charger is too slow to really bother plugging in while out on the go unless I'll be there for more than an hour (or if it makes the difference between me burning gas for that day)
• I often find chargers near where I'm going in KC, but a lot of the time they're just far enough away that it's not worth walking (also see above).
• I've joked with friends about plugging in at their house while visiting for a few hours but never actually done it. Still doesn't seem socially acceptable in 2018 in Kansas.
• Still using level 1 (normal electrical outlet) at home every night or two. Usually just 8A instead of 12A since I haven't had the time to run a dedicated circuit and I don't want to trip the GFI since a chest freezer is also out there in the garage.
• Very few times where I needed more charging than overnight at home on a normal outlet gave me
• Only a handful of trips longer than the ~50 mile range
• Having a new baby in the spring (that hates her car seat) meant that I drove less in the summer than I probably would have otherwise
• I could have gotten a Bolt instead and been fine. I was worried about driving 150mi. to the Lake of the Ozarks and back, not being able to charge while there, which would exceed the battery capacity. But I haven't even done that. Still the anemic non-Tesla fast charger situation in the midwest makes me a little bit glad that I didn't. Well that and the ~$5000 price difference in the Volt's favor.
• Since I bought in December of 2017 I got my full $7500 tax credit when we did our taxes earlier this year
• Considering taking it in to the dealership for the first service. Oil life is still at 52% (whatever that means) since I have so few gas miles but I'm getting close to 7500 miles for the recommended tire rotation.
• I tend to not use the Sport mode much. I tend to get more satisfaction seeing my efficiency numbers than the acceleration plastering me in the back of the seat.
• I usually drive in L "gear" except when I'm on the highway. I like the combination of regenerative braking when I let off the accelerator and even more on demand with the paddle behind the steering wheel. This also seems safer in icy weather since you just automatically start slowing down when you let off.
• But D "gear" is nice for when my wife drives it and just wants to treat it like a regular car and not think about crazy things like regen
• The back seat sucks
• I originally hoped that I could stick a car seat in the 5th center seat, but neither of the ones I have will fit since the plastic of the car seat and the silly cup holder overlap.
• Android Auto and Apple Carplay both work well 90% of the time, but sometimes the system doesn't seem to recognize that a device is plugged in. Sometimes re-plugging it fixes it. Factory and 3rd party cables both have the problem. I've heard other people complain about this on Volt & new Leaf as well.
• Cruise control sometimes just won't turn on and needs the car to be restarted to fix it. Not always an option when you don't realize this until you're on the highway. Similar with the turn signal sounds. I've seen both of these reported on the GM Volt forum.
• I've heard complaints about the Bolt's front seats being too narrow. The Volt's seem fine, but one very minor complaint is that the heated seat area isn't quite wide enough. On a really cold day you can definitely feel where the heated section ends on the outsides.
• Rear visibility is kind of terrible and I really have to rely on the backup camera and the rear cross traffic alert.