GM sold 1,108 Chevy Volt’s last month, which was an increase of 53 percent over the prior month. Through October GM has sold 5,003, but the automaker set a sales forecast of 10,000 units in 2011, so it has a bit further to go. Although GM basically has to sell as many Volts as it did in the first 10 months of the year in the last two, GM isn’t giving up on the goal.
“I’ve never given up on a sales target in my life,” Don Johnson, GM’s vice president of U.S. sales.
Chevy Volt sales are likely to increase thanks to an overhaul of the Detroit assembly plant in July, which significantly boosted production. GM is also going to start selling the Volt nationwide, since the initial launch only had the Volt on sale in seven U.S. states.
The all-electric Nissan Leaf found 849 homes last month, with total sales this year of 8,048.
