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From a list of the top best-selling vehicles sold during the 2012 model year, the Volt was ranked 133 out of 262.<ref>http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2012/09/august-2012-ytd-all-vehicle-rankings.html</ref> GM says the Volt is a niche car but will serve as a technological test bed for future advanced technology.<ref>http://gm-volt.com/2014/01/17/what-is-gm-doing-about-automotive-electrification/</ref>

From a list of the top best-selling vehicles sold during the 2012 model year, the Volt was ranked 133 out of 262.<ref>http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2012/09/august-2012-ytd-all-vehicle-rankings.html</ref> GM says the Volt is a niche car but will serve as a technological test bed for future advanced technology.<ref>http://gm-volt.com/2014/01/17/what-is-gm-doing-about-automotive-electrification/</ref>

While current owners appear most satisfied, the general public has little interest in electric vehicles. Of the 15 million cars sold in 2012, only 100,000 were electric. A grand total of just one tenth of one percent of all cars. <ref>[http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/19/autos/electric-car/ Year of the electric car blows a fuse, CNN Money, October 19, 2012]</ref> For environmentalists, electric automobiles appear to be the car of choice. In reality, it's not a game changer for the environment as liberals would have you believe. <ref>[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/why-more-electric-cars-wont-impact-us-air-pollution/ Why more electric cars won't save the world from climate change, SmartPlanet.com, January 23, 2014]</ref> A reliance on electric automobiles, electricity commonly generated by coal power, does not offset emmissions. Even if half the auto market was comprised of electric vehicles, emissions would not be affected. <ref>[http://www.science20.com/news_articles/mass_acceptance_electric_cars_would_have_little_impact_us_emissions-128117 Mass Acceptance Of Electric Cars Would Have Little Impact On US Emissions, Science20.com, January 21st 2014</ref>

While current owners appear most satisfied, the general public has little interest in electric vehicles. Of the 15 million cars sold in 2012, only 100,000 were electric. A grand total of just one tenth of one percent of all cars. <ref>[http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/19/autos/electric-car/ Year of the electric car blows a fuse, CNN Money, October 19, 2012]</ref> For environmentalists, electric automobiles appear to be the car of choice. In reality, it's not a game changer for the environment as liberals would have you believe. <ref>[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/why-more-electric-cars-wont-impact-us-air-pollution/ Why more electric cars won't save the world from climate change, SmartPlanet.com, January 23, 2014]</ref> A reliance on electric automobiles, electricity commonly generated by coal power, <ref>[http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/how-coal-used-power-cars How is coal used to power cars?, Discovery.com]</ref> does not offset emmissions. Even if half the auto market was comprised of electric vehicles, emissions would not be affected. <ref>[http://www.science20.com/news_articles/mass_acceptance_electric_cars_would_have_little_impact_us_emissions-128117 Mass Acceptance Of Electric Cars Would Have Little Impact On US Emissions, Science20.com, January 21st 2014</ref>

==Sales==

==Sales==

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concluded the Chevy Volt does not constitute a fire safety risk and is quoted as saying, ‘no discernible defect trend exists’ after investigating a battery compartment fire that started two weeks after a Volt was destroyed in a crash test. GM has responded further by modifying existing and future Volts to better withstand crashes in the future.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/business/us-finds-no-defect-in-volt.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&ref=automobiles&adxnnlx=1365182169-63HN9ZydY/7fcl60xagalA</ref>

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concluded the Chevy Volt does not constitute a fire safety risk and is quoted as saying, ‘no discernible defect trend exists’ after investigating a battery compartment fire that started two weeks after a Volt was destroyed in a crash test. GM has responded further by modifying existing and future Volts to better withstand crashes in the future.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/business/us-finds-no-defect-in-volt.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&ref=automobiles&adxnnlx=1365182169-63HN9ZydY/7fcl60xagalA</ref>

==Further reading==

==Further reading==