Volt Sales Set Record in October 2012, Nissan LEAF Also Rises

Congrats Chevy the Volt sales are on the raise.

Today I did more driving than usual but during my drives, I saw 3 Leafs, 2 Volts, and a Tesla Roadster. Pretty soon they could be as common as the Prius, which I see everywhere.

Yeah baby

Go baby go

I am not surprised that the Volt is doing well
I am pleased and surprised the leaf is doing so well

Great news!!!

Tom

What's funny here is that, most of this past year, many of us felt depressed that sales figures of "only" 600 here or 1300 there represented some sort of continuing failure of EVs or plug-ins in general. People sometimes get too wrapped up in overly-optimistic projections and are ready to sweep any sort of progress under the table.

But it's often good to back away from the monthly figures and look at it from the long view. As pointed out below, there were over 38,000 OEM plug-ins sold during the 2012 model year and that represents a 228% increase over the 2011 one . . .

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/mbaumhefner/electric_car_sales_increas...

Just got an email from a member of our local EV club. The first Mitsubishi i is now tooling around the streets of Tucson, joining a couple hundred Nissan Leafs and Chevy Volts already here. A year and a half ago, it was only a handful home converted ones and low speed neighborhood vehicles.

@RSage

I'm voting for Gary Johnson, and although I think his view on Global Warming is looney, I'm voting for him because I agree with 90% of everything else he does.

Before everyone else here gets insulted,

1). I understand the Polemic, politicians and writers can rarely go against the grain. NJ governor Christie (basically a bully) said " I dont care if Climate Change is Bogus its the party's position so I'm sticking with it." (!!!)

2). Al Gore most assuredly does *NOT* believe in it, otherwise why build a 9 million $ palace at the water's edge in SF, CA. ( since we're all going to be flooded by next Tuesday or something). He flies around in private planes all the time (can you say BIG Footprint), but he wants me to be taxed (to him!!) because I exhale a 'pollutant'.

That said , i'm a very big proponent of EV's. Although I might have to wait for battery technology advances before things transpire as i'd wish.

A friend of mine signed a lease for a Leaf SL on Halloween. He put no money down, and pays $238 per month for 24 months, 24,000 miles. His first month is free.

So Ben how did you like the bat-mobile? Did you put the gas flare out over the rear license plate yet?

@mileater

Agreed, Romney is dangerous. Billy Graham used to say that Mormons are non-Christian, until they gave him a nice honorarium , then he stopped saying that. As a "Latter day Saint", and a Bishop, he believes he's not under the restraint of the Ten Commandments, such as "Don't Steal, Murder, Lie", and is his own moral compass., He thinks that in the afterlife, he will be a god. Those laws (actually the basis of our common law gov't since the 11th century) he considers only apply to the Gentiles, i.e, any non-morman. This religion is also the only one that has sworn a vendetta to the fourth generation (that would include Willard, Tag, and Tag's kids) against the United States for killing Joseph and Hiram Smith. There are other much more practical reasons also, but people can do their own research.

He seems to also want to implement Austerity faster than even Obama is doing it. Hopefully, people will start mobilizing against Obama's Grand Bargain with the Republican Party, (no matter who is elected).

Romney seems to think or at least give the impression he's independent and can make his own decisions. But the guy lies so much you don't know to what extent he REALLY believes anything. Remember, he's under no obligation to tell us gentiles (by the above definition) the truth.

Let's not bash Mitt Romney simply because of his religion, Bill. There are plenty of other reasons to not support him and I most certainly won't be voting for him for a variety of them beyond his beliefs. I'll contend that ANY politician who wears their religion a little too closely to their chest is probably suspect. An allegiance to a religion means absolutely nothing as an accurate gauge to morality and ethics. The Nazis, after all, unabashedly declared themselves as Christians. The labels are meaningless.

@Benjamin Nead

That may apply as a generalization but definitely not in this case... Let's Agree to Disagree. I didn't go into detail.