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2016 Volt has amazing range increase, outsells Leaf in July


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  • John Goreham
    Contributing Writer, GM-Trucks.com
    8/4/2015
    Love it or not, the Chevy Volt was a unique approach to meeting the demands by CARB and a tiny number of auto buyers that want cars that use less gas, or no gas. Many Volt owners consider their car an "Electric car." We don't disagree. GM tracks the miles of EV operation by Volt owners and says that it is at 80%. Most Volt owners use their car as an EV.

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The Volt has its ups and downs in terms of sales. Mostly downs of late, but the new 2016 model is significantly improved in so many ways it is hard to ignore. For example, the Volt now has an EPA-rated range of 53 miles. That is a whopping 40% increase in range over the first-generation Volt. EV enthusiasts (EVangelists) like to state at any given opportunity, that most drivers don't drive more than 40 miles per day. Typically that argument comes up when EV fans are trying to explain why we should not have range anxiety. That has never been an issue for the Volt, since it can run on gas and gas is everywhere and takes less than five minutes to fill up a Volt.
In July Chevy sold 1,313 volts, topping the Nissan Leaf's 1,174 units sold. The Volt therefore was either the top-selling EV, or the top-selling affordable EV. Tesla doesn't say what it sold month to month, so we are never sure until it is forced to report by SEC rules. Either way, the Volt had a hell of a month (for an EV). The Chevy Volt has increased its sales in each of the month of 2015 and its run rate is now almost triple what it was in January. The Leaf's sales have declined significantly since last year when it had four 3,000+ unit months.


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