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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 999728" data-attributes="member: 38206">I shared when it (Volt) was doing real bad, now to be fair:General Motors Co. (GM) (<a href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=GM:US" target="_blank">GM</a>)’s Chevrolet Volt was the best-selling rechargeable auto in the U.S. in the first half, racing ahead of Toyota Motor Corp. (7203)’s plug-in Prius&nbsp;and Nissan Motor Co. (7201)’s all-electric Leaf hatchback. Volt sedan deliveries more than tripled to 1,760 in June from 561 a year earlier and&nbsp;rose 221 percent in the first half to 8,817, GM said. Toyota sold 695 units of the rechargeable Prius last month and 4,347 since its March introduction. Leaf sales fell 69 percent in June to 535 and 19 percent this year&nbsp;to 3,148, as Nissan switches to direct dealer sales of the car. Demand for Volts has risen in California, the main market for rechargeable autos, after&nbsp;Detroit-based GM modified the car’s warranty and emissions to qualify it for state rebates and lone drivers to use carpool lanes. The improvement came after GM briefly halted Volt assembly this year when sales&nbsp;cooled on news of battery-pack fires following crash tests.<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-03/chevy-volt-leads-u-dot-s-dot-plug-in-car-sales-as-leaf-slows" target="_blank">Chevy Volt Leads U.S. Plug-In Car Sales as Leaf Slows - Businessweek</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="texan, post: 999728, member: 38206"] [B]I shared when it (Volt) was doing real bad, now to be fair: General Motors Co. (GM) ([URL="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=GM:US"]GM[/URL])’s Chevrolet Volt was the best-selling rechargeable auto in the U.S. in the first half, racing ahead of Toyota Motor Corp. (7203)’s plug-in Prius and Nissan Motor Co. (7201)’s all-electric Leaf hatchback. Volt sedan deliveries more than tripled to 1,760 in June from 561 a year earlier and rose 221 percent in the first half to 8,817, GM said. Toyota sold 695 units of the rechargeable Prius last month and 4,347 since its March introduction. Leaf sales fell 69 percent in June to 535 and 19 percent this year to 3,148, as Nissan switches to direct dealer sales of the car. [COLOR=#800000][U]Demand for Volts has risen in California, the main market for rechargeable autos[/U][/COLOR], after Detroit-based GM modified the car’s warranty and emissions to qualify it for state rebates and lone drivers to use carpool lanes. The improvement came after GM briefly halted Volt assembly this year when sales cooled on news of battery-pack fires following crash tests. [url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-03/chevy-volt-leads-u-dot-s-dot-plug-in-car-sales-as-leaf-slows]Chevy Volt Leads U.S. Plug-In Car Sales as Leaf Slows - Businessweek[/url] [/B] [/QUOTE]

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