Over the course of Q2 2023 – which runs from April to June – GM sold nearly 5,000 fewer EVs when compared to Q1 2023 figures.
New sales data from the second quarter of the 2023 calendar year reflects a slight drop in electric vehicle sales performance from General Motors. Looking over the numbers, the Chevy Bolt EV and Chevy Bolt EUV once again claimed the lion’s share of sales, while the Cadillac Lyriq, GMC Hummer EV Pickup and GMC Hummer EV SUV lagged behind considerably.
| Cadillac Lyriq | 1348 |
|---|---|
| Chevy Bolt EV/EUV | 13959 |
| GMC Hummer EV | 47 |
| Total | 15354 |
It’s worth noting that this table does not include BrightDrop Zevo 600 sales figures.
Chevy Bolt EV and Chevy Bolt EUV
While the lower Hummer EV and Lyriq sales pale in comparison to the Bolt EV and Bolt EUV, they’re actually up when compared to Q1 2023 figures. This comes as General Motors continues to struggle with deliveries of its Ultium-based electric vehicles.
As far as Bolt EV and Bolt EUV sales figures are concerned, GM Authority reported back in October 2022 that General Motors plans to build as many as 70,000 Bolts over the course of the 2023 calendar year. When accounting for Q1 2023, The General has thus far managed to sell 33,659 units. This is quite notable when considering that GM sold nearly 40,000 units during the entire 2022 calendar year
This still-impressive sales boom coincides with further production increases for other GM EV models, including the Cadillac Lyriq, while a whole suite of new GM EV models are being launched in Q3 2023 and Q4 2023, including the Chevy Silverado EV, Chevy Blazer EV, and Chevy Equinox EV.
As a reminder, there were virtually no sales of the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV in late 2021 due to multiple recalls and stop-sale orders, which were issued as a result of various vehicle fire reports tied to a defect in the EV’s battery pack. The General ended up recalling all units of the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV in order to address the issue by replacing the potentially defective battery packs with new components.
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The good news is the situation will be remedied with the release of the Equinox EV. The bad news is it won’t come out in significant quantities until next year around this time. I get why GM hyped up EVs early, but for those of us watching closely, it feels like it’s taking forever.
It is and being tired of waiting many will find alternatives. So their loss doing what seems they did create all hype only.
47 Hummers? Not putting much of a dent in those 100K or so orders/deposits. I always heard don’t buy a first year model of a new vehicle. I sure wouldn’t buy an EV in the first couple years production.
You don’t have to wait for Mary Barra’s fantasy production forecast to finally start producing second year EV models. Aside from the Bolt, there is only one GM EV model selling in even a modest quantity – the Cadillac Lyriq.
Those 100,000 people holding Hummer reservations will probably be too old to drive when their reservations can be filled 🙂 Mary and GM are learning what Elon Musk suffered through during the early model 3 production years – “Production is Hell!”
If you want an EV that’s been in production for > 2 years, try Tesla, Audi, BMW, Hyundai, Mercedes, Kia, Volvo, or VW,
In addition to the EV supply issues, availability of ICEs is up, so folks that wanted an ICE but bought an EV (because they just HAD to have new wheels) in the first quarter don’t have as much of an issue now.
The story probably should have mentioned that GM announced in April they were going to cease Bolt production at the end of 2023. Is that still the case or did they change their mind?
Mmmmm, peaked already?
Evs are still not practical for the average person. Wealthier individuals can afford to take a chance on these evs, most middle income or lower income simply cannot. The sales are gonna lag for a very long time. Gm has let the door open and now finally is saying hey epa you’re pushing it to far and what you are wanting is simply not doable. Although late to the game i am glad to finally see them take that stance. Although Toyota has been screaming from the rooftops since this all began. I guess the government kickbacks for trying to implement this ev craze was just to sweet.
GM sold 19,700 in Q1 and 13,958 in Q2 for a total of 33,658 in H1.
So they should sell 36,342 units in H2 to hit the 70,000.
But production ceases on November 1st week. Most likely they wont hit the target.
Are the Lyriq, Hummer, Silverado, Blazer, Equinox going to scale up to that level.
Not likely since making electric vehicles have whole new tech.
Mary.. take the. Hint..
Not to many folks want EVs and as the bad news of piss poor range and the lack of working public chargers increases the problem will only compound. Stick with the big ICE SUVs folks want GM.