July Plugin Sales : Leaf 395, Volt 1849, PIP 688, FFE 38

[hill]

an inventory of 21 units is a lot?

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[TNleaf]

an inventory of 21 units is a lot?

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I read "21 day supply" not sure how many "units" that is though.

 

[hill]

Oh, I get the point. yes - it could me more or less - turning how many sell per day.

 

[tps]

an inventory of 21 units is a lot?

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I read "21 day supply" not sure how many "units" that is though.

Maybe a few dealers on the west coast have a "21 day supply", but with the current reservation system, I think this not really what this means. Certainly here in the east you'd be hard pressed to find many dealers which have any kind of "supply", other than those cars sent to them as customer orders. Maybe it means 21 days average from when the car leaves Nissan's US port facilities until it is in sold or leased to a customer.

 

[navidad]

In France, November 2011 :

Nissan Leaf : 9
Volt : 18 + Ampera (Opel) : 6
Renault Kangoo : 677
Renault Fluence : 123
Bollore Blue Car : 171 (self-service in Paris)
Mia : 128
Mitsu iMiev/Peugeot Ion/Citroen C0 : 55
Tesla : 1

Very good number for Renault : 800 sales.

 

[navidad]

In Norway :
http://bestsellingcarsblog.com/2011/12/06/norway-november-2011-mitsubishi-asx-back-on-track/#comments" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
221 Leaf have been sold in November = rank n°14. (236 sales from beginning of 2011)
65 Mitsubishi Imiev (995 from beginning of 2011).

 

[navidad]

Leaf sales in Nov was 672 - the MY12 deliveries haven't picked up pace, I guess.

Given that Nissan has sold over 20K Leafs worldwide, sales would have to be about 2,500 to 3,000 outside of Japan & US.

And the japanese number is 992 for november.
http://logsoku.com/thread/yuzuru.2ch.net/auto/1322826894/ID:jqbruVXq0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[scottf200]

It is good the Volt battery lab test issue hoopla came out after the Nov numbers so we can rule that out for why numbers, in general, for the Leaf and Volt were not great for Nov and still may not be great for Dec.

 

[evnow]

And the japanese number is 992 for november.
http://logsoku.com/thread/yuzuru.2ch.net/auto/1322826894/ID:jqbruVXq0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thx.

Interesting thing is Japan+US sales over last 4 months. Aug, Sep sales are remarkably similar - just over 1800. Oct & Nov sales are again similar - just over 1,600.

Looks like Nissan is setting a Japan+US quota - and selling in US whatever doesn't get ordered in Japan ? I'm assuming you can easily order and get one in Japan without a long wait.

 

[tps]

I'm assuming you can easily order and get one in Japan without a long wait.

I ordered on Nov. 30 and have a "month of Jan 2012". Given that it's being shipped over from Japan, which maybe adds 3 weeks, that doesn't sound too long to me... If this is true they should be loading my car onto the boat right about the beginning of the new year.

 

[evnow]

I'm assuming you can easily order and get one in Japan without a long wait.

I ordered on Nov. 30 and have a "month of Jan 2012". Given that it's being shipped over from Japan, which maybe adds 3 weeks, that doesn't sound too long to me... If this is true they should be loading my car onto the boat right about the beginning of the new year.

What I meant was - whether Japanese can get a Leaf in days, rather than weeks.

 

[evnow]

So, when are the December sales figures coming out ? I thought they would be out today ...

 

[sproqitman]

So, when are the December sales figures coming out ? I thought they would be out today ...

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the December numbers are coming out tomorrow (Wednesday).

 

[scottf200]

So, when are the December sales figures coming out ? I thought they would be out today ...

Market watch shows Wed too.
http://www.marketwatch.com/economy-politics/calendars/economic?link=skey" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4
TIME (ET) / REPORT / PERIOD / ACTUAL FORECAST / PREVIOUS
TBA / Motor vehicle sales / Dec. / 13.5 mln / 13.6 mln

 

[scottf200]

From a couple posters on GM-Volt.com

Production was
MY12 Year to date 11,241 CY2011 14,510
OPEL AMPER MYTD 2,605
So they met their 2011 production plans (originally 10K, increased to 15K)
http://media.gm.com/content/dam/Media/gmcom/investor/2012/0101ProductionPlant.pdf

1,529 deliveries for the Volt in december 2011.
This number is the official number released by GM this morning.
The total number of deliveries for the calendar year 2011 is 7,671 Volts.
<snip>an improvement over the 1137 deliveries in november.
This is a 34.5% increase in deliveries from november 2011.

 

[evnow]

Production was
MY12 Year to date 11,241 CY2011 14,510
OPEL AMPER MYTD 2,605
So they met their 2011 production plans (originally 10K, increased to 15K)

The 1,529 deliveries is a good number, given all the negative stories. They have lately spun their goal as 10k production, instead of sales. So, their sales goal was not met.

 

[Turbo3]

954 for Leaf in Dec (greencarreports)

 

[DrInnovation]

Production was
MY12 Year to date 11,241 CY2011 14,510
OPEL AMPER MYTD 2,605
So they met their 2011 production plans (originally 10K, increased to 15K)

The 1,529 deliveries is a good number, given all the negative stories. They have lately spun their goal as 10k production, instead of sales. So, their sales goal was not met.

That is not a recent "spin" it was the plans talked about a long time ago. E.g.
http://gm-volt.com/2010/07/08/poll-is-10000-volts-in-first-year-a-good-idea/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
talks about it from a production goal.

And again in press releases earlier this year
http://media.gm.com/content/media/us/en/news/news_detail.brand_GM.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2011/Mar/0304_VoltPricing" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Multiple places said production not sales. Though there are some GM quote saying sales.
They may have hope/planned to sell all they produced (silly since dec production cannot be easily delivered in time).

 

[ENIAC]

954 for Leaf in Dec (greencarreports)

Here's the Nissan press release on Dec NA sales.

Sales of the 100-percent electric Nissan LEAF totaled 954 units in December, with deliveries totaling 9,674 since the vehicle’s December 2010 U.S. debut. With sales exceeding 21,000 globally, the Nissan LEAF is the world’s best-selling electric car.

 

[evnow]

That is not a recent "spin" it was the plans talked about a long time ago.

LOL. This is from last month ...

http://gm-volt.com/2011/12/02/volt-has-record-sales-month-consumer-reports-ranks-it-number-one-federal-tax-credit-threatened/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yesterday, GM Spokesman Rob Peterson said he does not know whether the company will reach its goal of 10,000 North American deliveries by the end of the calendar year, but to do so will require 3,858 sales this month.

This is less than likely, and Don Johnson, GM’s vice president of sales operations has already conceded to CNNMoney that GM will miss the target.

“We’re not at all disappointed,” Johnson said, “We’ll hit it early next year.”

Peterson noted the Volt is all-new technology, 10,000 is an “aggressive target” for GM to reach for, and also said the Volt will reach 10,000, and keep climbing,