Here's a pretty good opinion piece from The Japan Times:
The Chevy Volt and Obamas green legacy | The Japan Times
It's informative, and it seems mostly on-target. I could raise a few minor quibbles. Although the author notes that few-if-any of the Volt's problems are the fault of the car itself, I don't think he really acknowledges just how good the Volt is. I'm thinking of the awards it has won and its reputed customer satisfaction scores higher than any other car in GM's long history. The Volt was really a remarkable engineering achievement for GM, especially considering the time frame it was developed in. That political cartoon at the beginning, characterizing the Volt as a day late and a dollar short -- compared with the Prius, one presumes -- is inaccurate, though it may accurately illustrate the misperceptions some people hold.
Calling the Volt a "flop". . . OK, I understand that it failed to meet the loony sales projections that some people were spouting, but if you put it in perspective of cars like the 1st gen Prius or Insight, then the Volt is no flop. If it was a flop, you can be sure we wouldn't be seeing a second generation at all.
I do think GM have done a lousy job of marketing it. They've never figured out what their message is, and the whole political hubbub just took over.