GM Sold 11 Units Of The Chevy Volt In Q2 2021
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Production of the Chevy Volt lasted between 2010 and 2019 for the 2011 through 2019 model years. Interestingly, General Motors sold 11 units of the Chevy Volt through the second quarter of the 2021 calendar year.
Per a recent report from Kelley Blue Book, second-quarter 2021 sales for the Chevy Volt were down 71.8 percent year-over-year, with 11 units sold versus 39 units sold during the same time period in the 2020 calendar year. Year-to-date sales for the Chevy Volt amounted to 16 units, while GM sold 62 units of the hybrid in 2020.
By comparison, Kelley Blue Book reports that Toyota sold 24,713 units of the Prius during the second quarter of 2021, up 174.6 percent year-over-year compared to 9,000 units sold during the same time period in the 2020 calendar year.
The Chevy Volt was offered in two generations throughout its life cycle, with the first generation lasting between the 2010 and 2015 model years, and the second generation lasting between the 2016 and 2019 model years. The second-generation model was powered by a 1.5L I4 gasoline engine paired with a 18.4 kWh battery pack, delivering an all-electric range of 53 miles, a substantial increase over the 38 miles of all-electric range offered by the preceding 2015 model year.
What’s more, the second-generation Chevy Volt can deliver up to 106 MPGe combined city and highway fuel economy with both power sources, and 42 mpg using the gasoline engine exclusively. It is estimated that the frugal hybrid can provide thousands of dollars in fuel savings annually.
The sale of 11 units of the Chevy Volt during the second quarter of the 2021 calendar year is also an interesting indication of just how long unsold new cars can sit on dealer lots. As GM Authority covered in March, one dealer in North Carolina had a new 2018 Chevy Volt listed for sale, priced at $29,792 – $7,448 under MSRP.
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Who ate the morons still buying this. It was DOA!
What I never understood is that all that heavy gas mileage trucks, GM and Ford and Dodge never put in a hybrid engine in these. It could have doubled gas mileage easily and since trucks are so expensive businesses would not have minded another 10,000 into the price because it’s full tax deductible
Who knew they had volts still for sale? GM again killed something that they should have put more money into to reduce the price of production
The Chevy Volt was the better hybrid and one of GM successes. Everyone is talking about the Mach -E, it’s all electric and Ford is already having troubles the dealers can’t fix. The Volt would have better sales under the GM label like the former EV .
As owner of a Chevy Volt, I can say it´s one of the best products ever produced by GM. It´s far better than any plug-in hybrid due to its technology. Mine has already 264.000 kms on the odometer, the maintenance has been practically zero and the car runs like new. It´s a shame GM never knew how to sell this car and how to make its technology kown to the public. Regarding EV´s or hybrids, GM offers now absolutely nothing better than the Volt. I drove the Bolt and it definitively falls short against the Volt, specially nowadays when it´s not so easy to find a charging station in every corner like gas stations are. Besides that, the Bolt is a boring crossover and I prefer a decent sedan anytime. On the other hand, I tried the Mach-E and I´m really dissapointed. It´s definitively not a Mustang. It doesn´t drive, feel or even look like a Mustang. It´s just another boring SUV with Mustang badges, grille, taillights and pretentions. Definitively when I decide to trade the Volt, it will be probably for a Tesla Model S or something similar like the the Audi e-tron GT or the upcoming Lucid Air. From GM the Cadillac Celestiq looks very good but it seems that it will be also much more expensive, probably in the league of the Porsche Taycan (By the way, Ford should have produced something the likes of a Porsche Taycan if they wanted a 4 door EV Mustang instead of the make beleive Mustang they produced).
People purchase different brands at different rates in different parts of the country. While an EV may make sense on the coasts or urban areas, geographically most of the country (area wise) does not fit that definition. Perhaps the consumer is trying to send a message to GM about their decision to be all electric.
GM’s marketing wasn’t very good on the Volt, but I don’t believe they didn’t want to sell them. It was a halo car, and at the time it was conceived, gas was even more expensive than now. No one expected oil prices to plummet so quickly. Building it on a small sedan platform allowed GM to reduce costs while maximizing EV range for the battery it could accommodate.
GM does need to figure out how to market EVs to people other than those who already own somethin similar. Current or former Volt owners get all the Bolt emails and postcards.
People who say a Volt is too complex with an “unnecessary” engine need to explain why a huge, heavy, expensive battery with 300+ miles of range is needed. Its capacity is as rarely used as the Volt’s small engine.
All that said, the US public apparently isn’t interested in PHEVs. They never were. I can see why most automakers are concentrating on BEVs. That doesn’t mean the Volt wasn’t a great idea that still has value today.
I have a 2017 Volt. Quieter than any luxury car; accelerates like a sports car; and has a total range of 700 km in Summer. I’ve saved several-thousand dollars in fuel; have driven numerous long trips; and it feels like I stole the car since I bought it new. Charging in my garage overnight is all that’s necessary (daily charge costs $27/mth); I’ve never used a Level-2 charger. Air conditioning is excellent. Three young kids in the back, a little cramped but not impossible. Until pure-EV cars can normally go 400–500 km IN WINTER, the Volt is/was the ideal car.
Sitting around waiting for your expensive EV to charge up at who knows where will get old real quick. Having a small engine to get you home or at least to a safe place is a good thing. Tesla claims for mileage are BS there are many factors that will lower that claim when you drive one in the real world, like having to drive below the speed limit just to make it to a super charger that’s 30 miles round trip out of the way of your trip.
I have owned a 2017 Volt for two years now.
Like so many of the other posters, I love my Volt. Fun to drive, inexpensive and enough room for my SO and two kids.The car has been extremely reliable with zero issues. I rarely deplete the battery and burn gas during my daily driving. I think I go to the gas station three or four times per year now and the solar on my roof pays for the electricity used to recharge at home.
Really dont understand some folks dislike for it. As a daily driver, it is amazing.
I bought an off-lease 2017 Volt for my wife. We both love the car. As a vehicle to minimize fuel usage, it’s ideal for two retirees who use it mainly to run errands around town. We always start out with 63 miles e-range and maybe use half that in a day. It’s also been road-tripped and is very easy on gasoline since it’s generating electricity for the electric motor. We may buy a battery-only vehicle one day but will wait for the technology to shake out first.
I own a 2014, first generation, chevy volt and have to say its a good car. I like that I can do my daily work commute almost exclusively on a fully charged battery. On extended road trips, the gas engine gives the vehicle a extra 300kms, before a fill. The tank only holds around 40-50liters, but thats enough for an average month of driving, before visiting the gas station. Paired with the fact that PHEV, seem to last twice as long as a standard car, because it doesn’t rely exclusively on the 4cyl engine is another great perk.
In conclusion, tye Chevy Volt doesn’t get the performance of a race car, doesn’t have the haulage of a truck, or have the bells and whistles of a luxury car, but it does do what it does well, which is getting a person from a to b.
I´m owner of an Opel Ampera (Chevy Volt) with over 260.000 kms on the odometer, has needed practically zero maintenance and the car still runs like new. I´m really happy with it so I´ll probably keep it. The car is definitively one of the best products ever produced by GM but absolute lack of marketing and no information about its technology didn´t help to increase sales. The car was even car of the year in Europe in 2012. My next purchase will probably be a Tesla Model S, since regarding EV´s or hibrid, GM has nothing better to offer than the Volt. I have driven the Bolt and it´s way behind the Volt. And worse, the Bolt is a boring crossover (not everyone likes crossovers or SUV´s and I´m one those who doesn´t). The Cadillac Celestiq looks very good, but probaly its price will be in the league of the Porsche Taycan. I´ve also driven the Mustang Mach-E and I´m really dissaponted. The Mach-E is not a Mustang. It doesn´t drive, feel, have the character or even look like a Mustang. The Mach-E is nothing but a boring SUV with Mustang grille, badges, tail lights and pretentions.
I owned a gen 1 and now a gen 2 .Because the way i drive i get over 60 miles on electric alone which is plenty for my daily commute .When i needed to go on a trip I easily filled it up with regular gas without issues.
I love my Volt ….i go to the gas station about every 2 months and i end up spending 12 bucks of gas when i do…. : )
The ones that hate Volt is because they never own one …….
I wish there would be a SUV just like it in the market : 53 electric + regular gas …I would be the first one in line to buy it.
A miserable failure on gm’s part. Toyota executed well. Prius has a cult following, like the Volkswagen beetle did back in the day. The Corvair was semi successful until safety issues killed it.
With EV’s Tesla has a cult following but a zero dealer network. When EV’s are fully launched by everybody it will be interesting if Tesla survives.
The dealer network is the other half of the success story.
Remember, Daimler purchased Detroit Diesel with it’s dated engines solely for it’s dealer network.
Daimler developed new diesels which recharged and expanded sales. This created the expansion of the huge Detroit Diesel Outer Drive East Plant in the Motor City. Daimler purchased this plant from Roger Penske at a bargain price. Roger Penske purchased Detroit Diesel from GM for pennies ($30 million). The steal of the century. Another GM miserable failure.
Chalk up GM’s sad multiple miserable failures to Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Electro Motive Division, Electronic Data Systems, and various parts entities.
GM was lucky to get life saving funding from Obama.
Am very concerned about gm’s future going all in with EV’s by 2035.
Also the home run with bases loaded for Detroit Diesel and also Cummins Engine was the dropping by Caterpillar of their on-highway diesels and the demolition of a relatively new huge state of the art diesel engine plant in Mossville, Illinois.
The huge Caterpillar foundry in Mapleton, Illinois is now currently operating at approximately 10% capacity. Most of CAT’s grey iron castings are now made in Mexico.
Cat’s nemesis is Komatsu, whereas gm’s nemesis is Toyota.
It’s a new world order folks. Let put our thinking caps on.
I traded in my Nissan Sentra for a 2017 V about a year and a half ago and we love it so much that my bearded construction worker motorcycle racing husband bought one for himself. Now his big old truck just sits in the driveway waiting to pull our RV around. You got a love the 250 miles to the gallon! The car payment on his used volt is less than we were spending a month on fuel for the truck.
The volt is about the best practical car anyone can own, unfortunately we will only learn all about its features after we buy it and own it for a while. It could been really a best seller for GM. It’s literally a maintenance free car, one of the main reasons dealers were against the idea of selling it.
I was totally against it before I owned it, I would have never purchased one if it wasn’t for the recommendation of a friend of mine who bought one, the dealer I bought it from had no clue what the volt is capable of, its features, limitation, ets
Actually the dealer told me :” I have it fully charged for you” all while the battery electric range was at Zero. I figured he was talking about the 12 volt battery, after driving it for a while and discovered more of it features I told my friend about it and he purchased a second one for his daughter.
Another friend of mine looked at mine and he also bought three of them so far
That been said , GM did a huge disservice to the public, by not doing the proper marketing, most Volts owners bought them based on the recommendation of early adopters .
I just drove mine across country, NY to Ca and back
I usually do my last fill up for the summer at the end of March, and that would normally last till the cold of November,
Most drivers are not aware that the Volt is not really a plug in hybrid, it’s a very unique drivetrain
The easiest way to explain it by accepting the following:
1: it can operate as.a purely electric vehicle with a range of 40 to 80 miles depending on temperature.
2: it can operate as a high efficiency gas powered car averaging 40 to 50 mpg with a gas range over 360 miles of long driving.
3 : It can operate as a hybrid car
4; it can easily race as a sports car whisper quiet
5: you never have to worry about starting in the cold winter
6: it’s about the only car you can use as a quiet gasoline powered generator by adding an inverter.
7. The heating and air conditioning, especially if you are stuck for hours on the highways are second to none
And many more features
Phevs are the best thing to have still, especially in the Midwest. The Rav 4 Prime would be selling in the 100ks if they could make more of them. They are going to last forever do to there low maintenance design. I’m driving my Ford Cmax phev still, best car and it will last forever for many more miles to come.
Phevs are the best thing to have still, especially in the Midwest. The Rav 4 Prime would be selling in the 100ks if they could make more of them. They are going to last forever do to there low maintenance design. I’m driving my Ford Cmax phev still, best car and it will last forever for many more miles to come.
charge up your electric car with electricity made from fossil fuel! genius!