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The final tallies for 2013 sales are in for the Chevy Volt and its little sister, the Chevy Spark EV. The results are ugly. While the Volt relies on both a gas engine and electric power, the Spark is actually an electric-only vehicle, assumedly designed to compete with the all-electric Nissan Leaf which had sales of 22,610 for the year. The Spark EV did not compete well, with sales for 2013 coming in at only 589 for the seven months in which it was offered. Chevy Volt sales for the year also disappointed, coming in at 23,094 and down from...

Albert Einstein is credited with having defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Well, prepare for more insanity as General Motors is doubling down on green energy and plug-in cars after the disappointing sales results from previous entries into the field. The politically-motivated hype that we saw, and continue to see, on the Chevy Volt will be repeated. This time the over-hyped vehicle will be a Korean-made, all-electric Chevy Spark. The misrepresentations from GM and the media on the Spark EV (electric vehicle) are already starting with headlines on stories ( like...

Last week we had the marketing whizzes at General Motors apologizing for its "reality sucks" ad campaign ( see story here) around the same time that Chevy dealer and congressman, Mike Kelly, was revealing that there is very little demand for the much-hyped, taxpayer-funded Chevy Volt. The reality of the limitations of the Volt seems to be something that GM execs do not want to face. Worse yet, Government Motors continues to try and convince the American taxpayers, who spent billions of dollars to develop and sell the Volt, that demand is wonderful and it is supply that is...

After enduring years of Chevy Volt hype, we now get a new "new best thing" from General Motors in the form of an electric version of the Chevy Spark. And I have it on good authority that the Spark will be made in Korea. The media seems to be pretty excited about the prospects for yet another green vehicle entry from Government Motors, despite the fact that the Volt did not exactly live up to the hype. Well, fool media once, shame on GM; fool media twice, shame on media. What is the motivation behind GM producing yet another...