It is true that it is up to
It is true that it is up to the individual whether the Volt (or any EV) is the right solution, but............
as far "compromises" go in dealing with the limitations of a pure BEV, I still would have to put the Volt at the top of the list....
Tesla "reduced" the limitations (for a price), by building an EV with range of over 200 miles, but they did not eliminate the limitation of long charge times. It takes 1 KWH to go 4 miles, so when you use up 200 miles of range, you have to put 50 KWH back into the battery to be able to go another 200 miles. That takes a very long time even with fast charging (in the few places you can find fast charging).
Here's an example of where the Volt is a BETTER compromise....
I took a road trip in my Volt from Phoenix to LA last weekend, and drove 900 miles without ever plugging it in. I could not have done that in a Tesla, or any pure BEV. The compromise is that I used gas, but I still got nearly 40 mpg and never had to worry about where to find a charging station, so it was still a pretty good compromise.
Now I could do the same thing in a hybrid, or ICE vehicle, so what's the big deal???? The big deal is that I will probably not buy gas again until the "next" time I take a long road trip, which may be months from now. I have gone as long as 3 months without putting any gas in my Volt, and the reason was because I did not go out of town for 3 months.
A hybrid or even a diesel is a good compromise for long trips which is usually about 10% of most people's driving.
The Volt is a good compromise for the other 90% of people's driving; the daily commute and in-town driving...