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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
I just don't get your issue with the internal combustion engine. You make it sound like cold starts are the death knell. 10's of millions ICEs have survived cold starts for the past 120 years or so with reliability in the multiple hundreds of thousands of miles. The OP seems to need a car that is not city-constrained, hence his original question; the i3 seems not to fit his needs and the Volt seems to fit them quite well.
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I live within about 3-miles of 90% of my destinations...they often take awhile after arrival, so coming back home, it's a cold start as well. Cars just don't fair well with lots of them. Certainly, when you get things fully warmed up on a regular basis, the fact you started cold is mostly irrelevant, but neither the battery, the oil, nor the exhaust like the preponderance of the trips to be cold, especially in a cold climate. So, an all-electric for those, is a means of extending the life of both.