http://insideevs.com/fiat-500e-sales-account-for-40-of-all-fiat-500-in-u-s-in-march/ Fiat 500e Sales Account For 40% Of All Fiat 500 In U.S. In March [20150405] by Mark Kane
[images http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/12.png Fiat 500e sales in UK – March 2015 http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2013_Fiat_500e_8_.jpg The Fiat 500e’s $199 Lease Deal Is Hard To Come By http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2.png Fiat 500e sales in UK – March 2015 ] Fiat 500e suprised everybody with its performance in March reaching an estimated 1,310 sales in the US. In the few prior months, we saw decline in sales year-over-year, so the surge of over 100% from 644 in March 2014 was indeed strange. Believe it or not, the 500e is now one of the best selling electric cars in the US in 2015 (8% market share for plug-ins in three months), above the Chevrolet Volt! Well, it will be hard to preserve such a result in the longer term, but congrats to Fiat for moving so much electrified metal. As it turns out, typically the 500e accounts for 10-20% of all Fiat 500 sales, but in March that figure jumped to a record high 40%. Editor’s note: Fiat has chosen to not disclose 500e sales, so sales are now estimated based on state-level reports and incentives claimed from California (1,223 Clean Vehicle Rebates were claimed in March, double any previous period) and Oregon. - [Comments krona2k April 5, 2015 at 1:07 pm Sergio Marchionne must be spitting feathers! electric-car-insider.com April 5, 2015 at 1:19 pm Fiat, like almost all OEMs, moves as many EVs as they like each month based on pricing policy. (I’m including dealers in this generalization). When pricing gets even close to an equivalent ICE price, EVs fly off the lot. The fact that purchasers get an extra $10,000 off in incentives, and pay the equivalent of $1 per gallon for fuel, saving a couple extra hundred per month, just might have something to do with it. A Fiat 500e at $1000 down and $86-$200 mo is the automotive bargain of the decade. Mart April 5, 2015 at 3:04 pm Apparently needed more CARB credits to offset the Jeeps. scott franco April 5, 2015 at 1:27 pm We went to Fiat, apparently one day after the $94 sale. Our dealer was bored and out of stock, the car we looked at was already sold and they had no others. This is not Podunk Indiana. This is in Silicon Valley, next to a Leaf dealership that is selling dozens of them. The car is cute and affordable. The problem is between the ears of Fiat management. There is no rational explanation for it. Bill Howland April 5, 2015 at 1:28 pm If auto executives would condescend to come down to the real world for the moment, they might see that this is essentially saying that, “We, the Public, don’t like the usual fare you’ve been dishing out to us, but give us a Nice ELECTRIC vehicle, at an attractive price, and we’ll buy it above anything else you offer.” ... ] [© insideevs.com] For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=subject%3Aevln+NOT+subject%3Are&days=0&sort=date http://autoomobile.com/news/2014-nissan-leaf-review-ev-to-beat/10018827/ 2014 Nissan Leaf Review: EV To Beat http://www.businesscar.co.uk/news/2015/europcar-commits-to-5-electric-fleet Europcar adds 150 Leaf EVs to its rental fleet in London.uk http://www.stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2015/04/02/hertz-introduces-the-new-100-electric-nissan-leaf-to-its-fleet-in-london-at-a £9.99/day w/o 3c Hertz adds LEAF EVs to its fleet in London.uk http://www.nevadabusiness.com/2015/04/nevadas-utilities/ NV utilities can co-exist with EVs> a net improvement for both http://abc7.com/automotive/los-angeles-museums-offer-free-electric-car-charge-stations/575298/ 24 free2use L2 EVSE @Los Angeles, CA Museums http://www.lohud.com/story/news/traffic/2015/03/26/thruway-charging-stations-coming/70491338/ L3&2 EVSE @4 Thruway Travel Plazas between Newburgh & Albany NY + EVLN: Its About Time For A Leaf EV Upgrade sez autoomobile.com {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-500e-EV-Are-40-Of-All-Fiat-500-Sales-In-U-S-In-3-2015-tp4674885.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
