EV SALES RISING

Plug-In Electric Car Sales In Oct: New Volt Surges, Old Leaf Flat

John Voelcker, November 3, 2015 (Green Car Reports)

“…[The long-impending arrival of the updated 2016 Chevrolet Volt and 2016 Nissan Leaf with its 107-mile range] has been blamed by some for tepid electric-car sales over the past several months…Last month, 1,238 Nissan Leafs were delivered, bringing in the 10-month total for 2015 thus far to 14,868…That compares to 2,687 delivered in October last year, and 1,247 in the preceding month of September…The figures keep the Leaf at the head of the U.S. total plug-in sales charts, however, with a total of 87,190 sold over almost five years…[S]ales of Chevy Volts last month more than doubled over the previous month, with 2,035 delivered for October, giving a year-to-date total of 11,299...That's despite the new model only being sold in limited regions until early next year…The Volt closely trails the Leaf in total U.S. sales to date, with 84,656 delivered since December 2010, the month when both cars first went on sale…Tesla Motors refuses to release monthly sales of its Model S and Model X luxury electric vehicles, so it is impossible to compare the company's sales to those of other plug-in vehicles…” click here for more

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