[lacrew]

One thing we can count on - media reporting on the Volt will always be misleading. The title looks encouraging - "Best in 12 months".

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?

[wrench]

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.

[smokingfrog]

GM’s sales forcast for the Volt was 10,000/yr. if I recall correctly.

[jazusamo]

When GM isn’t hyping the Volt the green media is.

[V_TWIN]

“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.”

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.

[babble-on]

what are “compliance” cars?

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[dangus]

YTD sales for all EVs combined are up less than 20%, while the number of models has grown 122%.

[UNGN]

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!!!!

[Red Badger]

A total of 67,698 Volts have been sold in the U.S. since the December 2010

Talk about SPIN!...............These numbers are awful! They make it sound like a runaway hit!............It's more like a HIT AND RUN!...................

[Iron Munro]

[suijuris]

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

LOL! Considering there were about 45 million new vehicles sold in the US during the same time period I would put this in the category of massive FAIL!