Chevy Volt outsells Nissan Leaf for fifth straight month

I'm not sure it's still true that there's a lack of supply. I said that a year ago myself, and it was true then, but I just did a cars.com search here in Phoenix and found 38 Leafs. Hardly a supply problem. I also think Nissan will have an increasingly hard time moving those cars in Phoenix until they solve their hot-weather battery issues, and once this story hits the mainstream it will definitely affect sales across the board. I think the EV market moves in two directions from here, and everyone else loses. Either you build a Tesla-style EV with at least 200 miles of range, maybe more, or you build range-extended cars like the Volt. It's America, and we've never been a terribly rational group of people, and not many of us need 300 miles of range, but we want it nonetheless, or we at least want the tiny security blanket/motor like the one in the Volt. I hope Nissan has a ...

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@ThirdWayEnergy » 10 Jul '12, 4pm
Chevy Volt outsells Nissan Leaf 5 months in a row. 1st half of 2012 Volt sales (8,817) were greater than all of 2011 [link]
@DavidDBlog » 09 Jul '12, 4am
Who sold more, LEAF or Volt? Plus a really cool picture... [link]
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RT @GLACC: Volt sales are up! Nissan predicts Leaf sales will rise once production begins in the U.S. What's your take? [link]
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RT @GLACC: Volt sales are up! Nissan predicts Leaf sales will rise once production begins in the U.S. What's your take? [link]
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