General Motors Co.'s sales of the extended-range electric Chevrolet Volt aren't hitting expectations in the U.S. But 7,000 orders for its European twin, the Opel Ampera, have surpassed early goals.
"We are quite sure that our sales target of 10,000 units (in 2012) is within reach," Enno Fuchs, e-mobility launch director for Adam Opel AG, wrote in an email to The Detroit News. Opel began taking Ampera orders last summer in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Deliveries started in February.
About 60 percent of Ampera customers are commercial or fleet, Fuchs said.
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