fordfocuselectric
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Interesting view by the Richmond Times on the sales numbers of electric vehicles versus normaly vehicles. I wonder if the Ford Focus Electric will fare any better? Or if it doesn't have to do so much with demand but more with the supply of the electric vehicles to the consumer? I bet there would be more Leaf's being purchased if they were available... there are definitely people that would by the Ford Focus Electric version if it was available right now!
By Richmond Times:
Washington has sunk $5 billion trying to cajole automakers to produce electric cars, and the effort has paid off. Slowly but surely, vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf, Ford Focus Electric and Chevy Volt are moving into the nation's showrooms.
But in January GM only sold 321 Volts out of the total of 142,919 GM vehicles sold that month. There's already a $7500 tax credit but apparently that isn't enough to motivate people to buy an electric vehicle.
Read the full article here:
http://www2.starexponent.com/news/2011/apr/16/big-shock-electric-car-sales-are-flat-ar-976184/
By Richmond Times:
Washington has sunk $5 billion trying to cajole automakers to produce electric cars, and the effort has paid off. Slowly but surely, vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf, Ford Focus Electric and Chevy Volt are moving into the nation's showrooms.
But in January GM only sold 321 Volts out of the total of 142,919 GM vehicles sold that month. There's already a $7500 tax credit but apparently that isn't enough to motivate people to buy an electric vehicle.
Bribing carmakers to build cars that consumers have to be bribed to buy is not a recipe for long-term success.
Read the full article here:
http://www2.starexponent.com/news/2011/apr/16/big-shock-electric-car-sales-are-flat-ar-976184/