Comments on: Volt sales in upper 15 percent among alternative energy vehicles

By: Bob G

Bob G — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:04:43 +0000

George S. Bower: I’m pretty surprised that the piP is doing so poorly. I hear it’s supply constraint but I’m not too sure. As an owner of both a Volt and a regular Prius I would offer the following explanation: Where does the Prius do the best compared to the Volt??? On high mileage trips (from a MPG point of view). Where is the plug in part of the Prius the LEAST effective???On high mileage trips. Therefore if one chooses the Prius over the Volt it is really not worth the extra $$ for the plug in part. Just buy the regular Prius.

Yep! Here is how I would summarize how each of these vehicles is best for a certain type of driving pattern: * PiP: Short commute (in town), occasional long trips. * Volt: Average commute, occasional long trips. * Leaf: Average commute, *no* long trips. * Prius: Long commute (stop-and-go), occasional long trips. * VW TDI: Long commute (highway), frequent long trips.

By: Ted in Fort Myers

Ted in Fort Myers — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:17:30 +0000

Still the finest car I have ever owned or driven. 35,400 miles 2011 Chevy Volt #1506. Nuff said.

By: Koz

Koz — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:48:38 +0000

What are these?
Year World Japan North America U.S.[81] Europe Other
1997 0.3 0.3
1998 17.7 17.7
1999 15.2 15.2
2000 19.0 12.5 5.8 5.6 0.7 0.01
2001 29.5 11.0 16.0 15.6 2.3 0.2
2002 28.1 6.7 20.3 20.1 0.8 0.2
2003 43.2 17.0 24.9 24.6 0.9 0.4

The Volt is on pace for 20+k sales in 2012, its third year but only second full year. Sure would be nice if the Volt had fair access to the third column (Japan) so that it could help reduce worldwide gasoline consumption even more.

By: john1701a

john1701a — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 04:07:20 +0000

What about the nicely under $30,000 target?

Notice how FORD has embraced it, not just Toyota.

Volt as a long-term investment is great. But in the meantime, there’s a huge product-gap between it and the next most efficient offering. That’s not good business.

By: Jackson

Jackson — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:40:15 +0000

john1701a: More & Faster was for ending dependency and returning to high-volume profitable sales

If you have your druthers, GM will never reach that point. The only proper role for a US company is to abandon new groundbreaking tech to our Asian betters, right? This attempt at a Right-Wing rebellion doesn't really suit a Prius fan, but you've tried everything else ...