Just a quick video I made to let people know that Bolt EVs are no longer rare:
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An accidental EVangelist: On my way to work at Apple one morning, my car was rear-ended (and totaled) by an SUV, driven by a guy playing with his smartphone.This led me to get my first plug-in vehicle.
I started blogging about my experiences immediately.
A year later, in 2013, I was hired by the dealership as their "EVangelist."
I became a board member with the Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance (www.TxETRA.org) and perform public speaking in the DFW area regarding electric vehicles and environmental issues.
I also teach others how to sell plug-in vehicles or manage EV sales.
I'm on a mission.
Classic should make a YouTube ad about the Bolt and its Bolt inventory. I see YouTube ads from other N. Texas car dealers (nothing about EVs though). I presume YouTube ads aren’t expensive.
Nissan beats everyone to market with an all electric pickup!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNqxBbmA-sk&list=LLx0quQVCuvZiP-nSZoemF7w&index=2&t=27s
I cannot locate a source to confirm this.
I would like to see a YouTube ad starring the inimitable Buzz Smith showing off Classic’s Bolt inventory and describing the benefits of owning a Bolt. Sales might skyrocket
Tesla Sold More Model 3s In Q2 2019 Than GM Sold Chevy Bolts Worldwide Since Its Birth
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/07/24/tesla-sold-more-model-3s-in-q2-2019-than-gm-sold-chevy-bolts-worldwide-since-its-birth/
Ouch!
How are they selling?
Sales are down across all vehicles. We are still one of the highest volume Chevy dealers in our region, so it appears that there’s a general slowdown in vehicle sales. The one shining light is the 2020 Corvette mid-engine. The phones are ringing off the wall about those and I think we’ve taken deposits on an entire year’s allocation (but I’m not sure). Bolt EV sales slowed down dramatically, once the Federal Income Tax Credit was cut in half for GM. Recently more and more people are coming in to test drive Bolt EVs and our remaining Volts and to ask questions about them. There is some competition now, from companies who are late to the game, which exposes the flaw in the tax credit approach. Tesla and GM are at a $3,750 competitive disadvantage, when compared to the newcomers that still get the full $7,500. Most of the competition that’s coming to market is foreign. Fortunately GM and Tesla have much more experience in the manufacture of plug-in vehicles.
“GM could be working on an electric version of its flagship Escalade SUV
“At the Detroit auto show in January, GM announced that a new SUV from Cadillac would be the first model to use the new BEV3 platform starting in 2022, and showed a concept drawing of a very crossover-like SUV as a representation of the car. That SUV could be in addition to the new electric Escalade, or the concept drawing could be a stand-in for the Escalade.
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1124194_is-gm-planning-an-electric-cadillac-escalade
“Automakers and dealers have made little to no effort to market electric cars in the US, and yet this survey shows that Americans have widespread interest in them,” says Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Manager of Cars and Energy Policy for Consumer Reports. “Car buyers across the economic spectrum are interested in electric cars, but automakers and dealers are not providing consumers with enough information and selection to meet this demand.”
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/07/30/consumer-reports-car-buyers-want-electric-vehicles-automakers-no-they-dont/
July 2019 Was Hottest Month Ever In Human History
“The doubters [like our corporate oligarchs] will all come around and care about this after its too late to change the course we’re on.”
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/08/02/july-2019-was-hottest-month-ever-in-human-history-so-what/
Carmakers Attached To Gas “Headed For Obsolescence”
“According to a former Tesla staffer, Hamish McKenzie, and author of Insane Mode: How Elon Musk’s Tesla Sparked a Revolution to End the Age of Oil, ‘Other car companies, from General Motors to BMW aren’t showing the same sense of urgency — and that could be their downfall.’ For instance, ‘GM has promised 20 electric models by 2023 and has said it believes ‘the future is all-electric,’ but it hasn’t set a date by which it will make the full transition.'”
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/08/03/former-tesla-staffer-carmakers-attached-to-gas-headed-for-obsolescence/
Oh dear.
New Car Sales In UK Falter As BEV Sales Soar
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/08/06/new-car-sales-in-uk-falter-as-bev-sales-soar/