Intriguing. I'm honestly fascinated that there are people sticking up for the EV1 in light of the Volt.The fact that MANY families have more than one car isn't significant here. The issue is do they have a SPARE car that no one else is using for the situations where an EV1 is inadequate. I'm not sure if you don't see that issue or just don't want to see that issue.Let's say I'm the "Average American" in your example and I bought (to keep things simple) 3 Chevy Malibu sedans for $25,000 each. I, my wife, and my driving teenager can all go anywhere at any time for any distance.You would suggest that instead, my "car mix" for my family should be something like one Malibu and two EV1's. Or perhaps (just to make the scenario more mild because I genuinely don't want to set up a straw man version of what you are suggesting...) we'll go with 2 ordinary Malibu sedans and one EV1 that Junior can use primarily to get to school and back.Now I'm considering this purchase. (Let's make it even easier and assume at the beginning I had the two sedans and my kid JUST got a driver's license so I'm actually about to buy the third car and have only had two up to this point. Do I buy an EV1?Well I have to ask myself: "OK, for $25k I get a car that Junior can go anywhere, anytime in. I will never have to hear him ask to borrow my car for the ski trip he and his friends are going to take, etc. If I get him an EV1, there will not be a problem MOST of the time, but SOME of the time it will disrupt me or my wife. And when he goes off to college, the EV1 definitely will not work for him there since he won't be able to charge it in the dorm. So will I send him to college with my wife's car? Then she'd have the EV1 and need to borrow my car even more often than Junior did..." etc. etc. etc.If you are Jay Leno, none of this matters. You have a car for every day of the week. (And I think you know that's what my comment was describing...) If you are an average American, whatever number of cars your family has, there really isn't any one of them that you are OK with it "only *occasionally* being inadequate because I'll use my wife's" because you know ALL the cars you have are regularly being used by someone who on any given day may-or-may-not need to drive over 100 miles.But just to be thorough on this point, if I can get 3 Malibu's for $75,000 and have "100% unrestricted travel" just how much of a discount do you think people would need to have say:A) 3 EV1's where all members of the family occasionally have a problemB) 2 EV1's and 1 Malibu where two people occasionally have a problem we have to work aroundC) 1 EV1 and 2 Malibus where one member is occasionally inconvenienced.Would I accept that problem if the three cars cost me $70,000 instead of $75,000? Pretty unlikely. I'm not going to spend $20,000 for a car that doesn't fit my needs 10% of the time I need it to when I can buy one that meets 100% of my needs for $25,000.Would I do it if the mix of two regular cars and one EV1 was $60,000. Sure. If an EV1 was $10,000 then it's more appealing. The problem is that an all-electric doesn't offer that sort of discount, even though it demands a significant "usability hit" by nature.Why people keep hoping to go back to the EV1 just makes me scratch my head, but there are always a few posts in these topics. I can't understand why you don't get behind the Volt. Once it is on the market, the natural evolution of the product will be to constanly improve the battery so that it goes from 40-mile all-electric range to 60, to 80, etc. Eventually you'll HAVE the exact car you want, one that can go far beyond the number of miles you want to travel in a day without using any gas. There will be a gas engine in it, but for you (and most drivers) that gas engine will NEVER turn on. For those of us who at least occasionally need longer range, we won't be restricted.It the Volt gets to market, it will be the first step on a road to exactly where you want to go.If the EV1 came back today, it wouldn't get most people to buy it. The "range anxiety" issue is jsut too strong for MOST people, even if it isn't an issue for you personally.The Volt is perfect. It's all the strengths of the EV1 and none of the weaknesses.