Posted on 09/04/2014 7:54:01 AM PDT by lacrew
The Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car, meanwhile, logged sales of 2,511, its best performance since August 2013. The deliveries increased its year-to-date total to 13,146.
A total of 67,698 Volts have been sold in the U.S. since the December 2010 introduction of the world's highest-production series hybrid vehicle.
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The hard facts:
Year to year August sales are down sharply, from 3,351 to 2,511....or 25%.
Year to date sales are down from 14,994 to 13,146...or 12%.
Maybe the article should be a little less upbeat.
And this sentence grabbed my attention: "A total of 67,698 Volts have been sold in the U.S. since the December 2010 introduction of the world's highest-production series hybrid vehicle."
Ok, I haven't checked, but I think the Prius has sold a gazillion more than that...but the Volt is on top, huh?
And electric car sales will absolutely crater when the “road tax per mile” laws are enacted.
The software and hardware is already installed on these vehicles, just waiting for legislation.
STOP giving Free Charging and see how the sales go
GM’s sales forcast for the Volt was 10,000/yr. if I recall correctly.
When GM isn’t hyping the Volt the green media is.
What I'd like to know is how many were sold to private owners versus how many to businesses and corporations that are getting a kickback from the fed gov for buying ‘em.
10,000 was their forecast for the first full year of sales...they missed that by over 20%.
I don’t know what GM’s forecast was for the following years...but Barry Obama in 2008 thought we would have a million all electric and plug ins on the road by 2015.
That fell short.
I sure don’t see many of ‘em on the road thats for sure.
what are “compliance” cars?
GM is too busy hyping the ‘all new’ 2016 Volt.
The Pontiac Aztec had nearly double the Volt sales in its ill-fated 5 year run...and nobody in their right mind would have thought about an ‘all new’ model.
But GM has to persist with the Volt, to please Uncle Sugar.
From Wiki and if I recall correctly it’s right.
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Production and sales
North America
In 2010, General Motors planned an initial production for calendar year 2011 of 10,000 Volts and 45,000 units for 2012, up from the 30,000 units initially announced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt
Don’t forget the government purchased Volts. One example:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12819-pentagon-to-buy-1500-chevy-volts
Our overlords won’t tel us how many the government has bought though.
I think compliance cars meet the requirements of a few states like California, which require a certain percentage of sales to meet some wacky green requirement.
Ping.
YTD sales for all EVs combined are up less than 20%, while the number of models has grown 122%.
3 people at my office got Leaf’s in August.
Nissan is basically paying you to drive it: $208/per month with nothing down and free charging for 2 years.
3 years from now, Nissan will lose $15K on EVERY leaf it sold in 2014.
If you own Nissan stock, get out, NOW!!!!
1964 Mustang sales first year: 121,538
2013 Mustang sales: 77,186
I’m in S. CA. See Volts every day, but where I live there are even more Teslas.
In 2015 there will be a new Volt design coming out.
Talk about SPIN!...............These numbers are awful! They make it sound like a runaway hit!............It's more like a HIT AND RUN!...................
Will it include and automatic Foaming Fire Extinguisher System?..............
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