Although executives at General Motors are not putting their names to any future Volt/plug-in sales forecasts, two sources familiar with GM’s internal targets (who did not wish to be revealed) have told Bloomberg that GM hopes to sell “36,000 Chevrolet Volts and other plug-ins” worldwide for 2013. An approximate gain of 20%...
The 36,000 plug-in sales will come primarily from these vehicles, with some additional sales on the side from their all-electric EV:
Chevrolet/Holden Volt
Opel/Vauxhall Ampera
Chevrolet Spark EV
In 2012, GM sold approximately 30,200 extended range plug-in vehicles, so 36,000 in 2013 would not be a huge jump. And although GM has already handicapped itself in January, the improvement still does not seem unreasonable.
...GM is now seven months into the 2013 MY production cycle, and GM has built only 2,141 cars. In the past four months GM has built only 69 Amperas in total (Jan-42,Dec-6, Nov-19, Oct-2)....
The Spark EV May Assist GM In Sell A Lot More Plug-In Vehicles, But Not In 2013...
While its hard to predict the reception for the Spark EV long-term, we do know its 2013 rollout will be minimal, or as GM says, “limited”.
The Spark EV will first go on sale in South Korea this summer, with the deliveries in the US beginning “late” in the year. GM has already stated it will be a limited rollout out at first in the US (California/Oregon), and Canadian deliveries will be fleet only starting in the fall of 2014, with Europe not adding to the sales numbers themselves until sometime in 2014.
For 2013, we expect about 1,000 Spark EVs to be sold...
