The U.S. market for electric cars and even a few that hybrid cars (not just Ford and Toyota) is not in top form in this year 2013. These are not recent announcements from GM and Chrysler / Fiat that will help his development as both groups say they prefer to emphasize the diesel engine.
After falling prices of the Nissan Leaf in January ($ -6,400), those of the Ford Focus Electric in the spring ($ -4,000), it is the turn of Chevrolet to do the same for its Volt sedan version 2014. Starting this summer, the electric Chevy with range extender is displayed at a price of $ 34,995 which must be deducted the $ 7,500 federal bonus so that the Volt is now on sale at reasonable prices almost $ 27,495 (€ 20,610 ) to get back on the EV market.
It remains to be seen whether this decline will be reflected on the Volt (and the Ampera) sold in Europe and particularly in France, where the Volt is still very expensive puisqu'affichée from € 43,500 (excluding green bonus of € 5,000 to be deducted) . And for those who see the medium term or in the viewfinder that the Volt Mk2, I remind you that Don Johnson, sales manager of Chevrolet, has announced that the next generation of this car would be cheaper from 5000 to $ 10,000 while being more efficient.
Finally, to stay at GM and if the Leaf, Focus, Mia, Smart, i3, Bollore, Zoe, Fluence, Kangoo, iOn, C-Zero, i-MiEV, Ampera does not appeal to you, do not forget that the very attractive Cadillac ELR comes on the market!
source: GM