Car Sales in the US (Chrysler, Ford, GM) Rose in June 2011

Car Sales in the US (Chrysler, Ford, GM) Rose in June 2011 | Car Sales | Car manufacturers, helped by an increase in demand for pickup and new models such as the Chevrolet Cruze, a Fiat 500 and Ford Focus small car, had sales in the U.S. in June.

Sales rose 11 percent at GM, the demand for cars up 28 percent and volume up 15 percent for pickup truck. Ford reported a sales increase of 10 percent a year earlier, when Volvo and Mercury were included in the results of the manufacturer.

Strong demand for Jeep and 35 percent jump in Ram truck sales has helped the Chrysler Group in June 30 percent of the volume in advance.

Hyundai, Kia and Nissan have also increased. [ Car Sales ]

Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf: Obama wants one million electric cars on the US road in 2015

Chevrolet  Volt and Nissan Leaf: Obama wants one million electric cars on the US road in 2015; A Million Electric Vehicles: Back in January, during his State of the Union speech, President Obama said that he wanted the U.S. to “become the first country to have one million electric cars on the US road,” and he wanted it to happen by 2015. Given current sales of the Chevrolet  Volt and Nissan Leaf, the president may hit his target . . . sometime in 2064.

In May, U.S. car sales for the much-hyped Chevrolet Volt totaled 481. Nissan Leaf did better, with 1,142 units sold. That’s a grand total of 1,623 electric cars sold for the month. At that torrid rate, it will take about 639 months, or a bit more than 53 years, for domestic sales of electric cars to reach 1 million.

Obama wants electric cars by 2015, but 2064 is a more realistic estimate.

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