By Calgary Herald - General Motors will report only about 100 Chevrolet Volt sales when July's U.S. auto sales come out today, but the extended-range electric car is "virtually sold out" of the outgoing 2011 model year, spokeswoman Michelle Bunker said Monday.
Of the 4,488 2011 Volts GM has built in Detroit, about 100 remain unclaimed, she said. The rest are reserved for dealer demos of the Volt's battery and backup generator or internal GM uses such as engineering tests or marketing.
Volt sales have averaged about 440 a month since the car's launch in December. But GM shut the Volt's Detroit plant in June for about a month for upgrades before the 2012 model year arrived. Since the average Volt has spent about 13 days at a dealership before heading home with a customer, weeks without Volt production meant weeks of slow sales, Bunker said.
Through June, GM had sold 3,071 Volts.
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