Automotive News reports that select dealerships from New York City to California are turning down Chevy Volts due to lower sales expectations.

GM spokesperson Rob Peterson confirmed to Automotive News that Chevy Volt "ordering is down," which he says is due to a "lot of misinformation that has swirled over the past month."

Select Chevrolet dealers from New York to California are reportedly turning down Chevy Volts, a decision that Peterson claims is due to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) now-closed investigation into Volt fires that occurred in a lab setting a few weeks after a severe side-impact collision.

As Automotive News reported, General Motors allocated "104 Volts to 14 dealerships" in New York City in December, but dealers only took delivery of 31 of the plug-in hybrids. That same group of dealers reportedly ordered "more than 90 percent of the other vehicles they were eligible to take."

Brett Hedrick, dealer principal at Hedrick's Chevrolet in Clovis, Calif., turned down all six of the Volts allocated to him in December and January. He believes that GM's allocation of six Volts to his dealership is "just crazy." Hedrick said, "We've never sold more than two in a month." The dealership sold a total of 10 Volts in 2011. Hendrick said that GM will give those Volts to other Chevy dealers, who will make the sale. GM executives believe that demand for the Volt has not been satisfied.

According to GM's Peterson, dealers are waiting for the swirling misinformation to "settle down," before stepping up sales efforts for the Chevy Volt.