BMW i3

[cwerdna]

Interesting that the spark EV being so deeply discounted. Nobody will purchase them ?We are still waiting for the Spark EV to make it into the Ontario dealerships.

From http://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/, they are not exactly selling like hotcakes.

You can compare those numbers to http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2014/05/usa-all-vehicle-nameplates-ranked-april-2014-ytd-sales-figures.html and http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2014/01/usa-vehicle-sales-rankings-by-model-december-2013-year-end.html, for example.

Are you in Canada? I spotted a reference to Canada in an old post and "colour". There is an Ontario in So Cal... but I'm now guessing you're not referring to that.

If so, here are Canadian Leaf sales, which are absolutely PUNY compared to US sales. I don't know what's the story behind them but if you were to adjust Spark EV sales down to be commensurate w/Canadian Leaf sales, then Canadian Spark EV sales would be REALLY tiny.

2012 (and 2011): http://nissannews.com/en-CA/nissan/canada/releases/nissan-reports-canadian-sales-for
2013: http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1285497/nissan-group-reports-december-and-2013-year-end-canadian-sales
2014 YTD: http://nissannews.com/en-CA/nissan/canada/releases/nissan-group-reports-april-2014-canadian-sales

I would expect the Spark to sell proportionately better in Canada than the LEAF. Having a TMS that will cool and _heat_ a battery should make the Spark's range considerably better in winter conditions, even though its LiFePO4 chemistry is more affected by cold temps. I'm still amazed that Nissan doesn't allow the battery heater to heat the battery to its ideal operating temp, instead of just protecting it from freezing. How dumb is that, especially in Canada?

BTW, the post buickanddeere referred to is talking about VOLT discounts, not Sparks.

Just for kicks, I was looking for i3 Canadian sales and found http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2014/07/canada-auto-sales-figures-by-model-june-2014-ytd.html. They sold 50 YTD there (but it wasn't available all year), 28 of them in June 2014... Leaf sales YTD were 462 and 104 for that same month.

One can compare those w/US sales numbers at http://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/.