USA sales of Leafs and Volts neck and neck

Interesting to see that after 5 months, sales of pure electric Nissan Leafs and plug-in range extended Chevy Volts are almost exactly the same at just under 2200 vehicles for each marque.


What pleases me is that the Leaf is now outselling the Volt, reversing the initial trend.

GM has said it will produce 16,000 Volts and Nissan 20,000 Leafs for the US market this year. The slow start reflects problems of supply by the way, not demand. A Gallup poll out today said that 57% of Americans will not buy a pure electric vehicle - which to my mind is excellent news as this therefore means that 43% will - not bad considering the market is only just beginning to take shape!