Originally Posted by dareo
14Accent says it has a refrigeration connection to the pack. Tesla does use refrigeration to cool certain parts so i'm going to believe 14Accent. Even if it doesn't have A/C cooling to the pack its still a monumental disaster for a low budget buyer to risk dealing with. A 1G volt is great for an enthusiast who can pay cash for the car and be able to tinker with it down the road. Somebody barely making the $200 payment cannot be without a Volt while a pack is sourced, shipped to whomever is willing to work on it, (i'm sure its not something every shop would want to touch). This type of low budget buyer is also more likely to not have a place to plug it in safely each night.
Chevy is no Tesla,
Having been present during tear down of a pack
It's just antifreeze lines, might not be the green stuff but still antifreeze
The rest I agree with you but would add that those who can't tinker have no business owning most modern cars or any hybrid at all unless they can afford new bumper to bumper warranty.
My niece had a low mile basic RAV4 she paid good $$$ for grenade In more than one way and the cost of XMSN and some electronics was $5000+ Let alone fixing the rest, car was totaled at 80,000 miles out of warranty for issues that might have ran $800 on my 82 Suburban.
The Volt is no more complex than a Prius, just has a bigger battery and like the Prius can require big boy pants if a hybrid part fails to pay off.
Just the nature of most cars under 20 years old