It didn't make sense to spend the extra gas every week plus $10k per car up front for an old technology Volt hybrid when for $10k less we could have a gas free and emissions free Leaf.
The range of the Volt is too short, the gas engine is a consolation for failed engineering, GM has a poor reputation, and we don't know if GM will be around after Obama isn't around to take bribes from Detroit.
As a farmer, I understand at the micro level, business risk, yields, long term capital investments.
The fact that Nissan could bring to mass production an electric car, promise to back it up for decades with confidence is a modern miracle.
Nissan quality is legendary.