Its starting price of about $34,000 (including a mandatory delivery fee) is lower than that of the earlier Volt, and it comes with more standard equipment. The 2017 Volt is rated by the EPA at 53 miles of electric range, and 42 mpg combined when operating in conventional hybrid mode after its 18.4-kilowatt-hour battery pack has been depleted.
GM has not announced plans to distribute the second-generation Volt outside North America. Her company forecasts that GM will sell roughly 41,000 Volts during 2018 in the U.S. Stephanie Brinley, a senior analyst at IHS Automotive, told the News that Chevy is no longer "starting from zero," and will benefit from greater consumer awareness of plug-in electric cars after five years on the market. The first-generation car's best year was 2013, in which about 23,500 were delivered. Majoros also declined to discuss any specific sales targets for the new Volt-a lesson learned after the first Volt came nowhere near then-CEO Dan Akerson's optimistic projections of 60,000 units a year. The first 2017 Volts are now being advertised by Chevrolet dealers as cars start to arrive. Majoros offered no details of specific marketing themes or any ads or other marketing, which should appear soon. 6 hearings.Īmong the changes, he said, would be less focus on explaining the car's technical aspects, and more attention on the concrete benefits it delivers to drivers.Ĭhevy will try to be "straightforward about the car’s capabilities and the benefits of having an a gasoline engine paired with the electric motor," according to the News, "which helps eliminate the range anxiety that comes with ownership of all-electric cars."
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